We got home last night around 11:30pm. Rachel’s still feeling tired and a bit nauseous today, as usual with these treatments.

One of the nurses yesterday said to me about Rachel, “I just love her. She’s such a great kid.” ❤

Last night, Rachel’s doctor said that this “could very well be her last” chemo treatment – #15 if you’re counting (and we are.) He has no plans for any more chemo after surgery and radiation. He still needs to talk with the doctors in Boston, but the oncologist there didn’t really indicate there’d be a need after surgery either, unless the pathology shows something unexpected (more viable cancer cells than they expect, indicating a poor response to the chemo and radiation treatments.)

Rachel’s blood test yesterday showed that her platelets actually went up, so she didn’t get a platelet transfusion. Her hemoglobin went down quite a bit though, so she did end up getting a blood transfusion yesterday morning.

On Thursday, “camp week” activities continued at Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital. We enjoyed a pizza party (there were also ice cream sundaes but Rachel didn’t feel up to them), followed by Rachel’s oncologist and one of the Child Life staffers being “slimed.”