Eli's Girl

Nowhere to go from here but up. Whew, we will be glad when this process is over. Elijah's white blood cell count continues to be in the "bottomed out" stage, where it should be. With the next couple of days it will start to rise again. So far the worse thing he's dealing with is nausea. He can't keep food down, but that should change as his WBC count starts to rise. He feels weak, but he's hanging in there. I know several of you have called asking if you can go see him. Right now, since he literally has no immune system, we have to careful about visitors. For about 3-4 months he's going to need to avoid crowds and be very diligent about washing his hands. I am so ready to get to that point. I still find myself shaking my head in disbelief that this is happening to him, a prime example of a bad thing happening to a good person. There has to be a reason for it, I just need to stop questioning it. I'm sure that once we get through these next few days then the past 6 months will become a distant memory. Have I mentioned how ready I am for that? I can't even begin to tell you how ready he is. Until then, he's in good hands. The nurses are taking good care of him and trying to keep him as comfortable as possible. I truly have major respect for nurses. I'm going to run now. I'm sleepy.