Raven Update

This week was a 2-day Chemo treatment for Raven. She wound up having to have a blood transfusion yesterday due to her hemoglobin counts being so low. I told her that she should feel like a whole new person now! They also consulted a nutritionist yesterday, who will be prescribing an appetite stimulant for her, as well as trying to retrain her body to remember to be hungry. (She is now 55lbs… ideal weight should be 70lbs.) She is also having trouble with the hole in her throat from the trachea. It seems that the chemo treatments are refusing to let it heal. They will be operating on it on May 10th to close the hole. (Her mom says that Ray has been whistling at her through the hole when she gets mad at her… ) She has only 2 more treatments remaining; a 5 day treatment in 3 weeks, then her final 2 day treatment 3 weeks after that. She will be going back to school for the rest of this week, which she is terribly excited about. Again, thanks for the continued support from everyone… it has done my soul a lot of good!