Maintenance cycle 4

Last Friday Olivia began cycle 4 of maintenance. She had chemo and spinal tap. And as always, she was so brave all throughout. She was tired before we got to the hospital and so she was sleeping for the most part while waiting for her procedure to be done. I got a bit worried because she had increased heart rate while the spinal tap was happening. She was breathing heavily even with oxygen support (she was sedated the whole time). Olivia looked flushed so her temperature was checked which could be a reason for the increased heart rate. Her temperature was good though and the nurse kept on monitoring her until she woke up.

That afternoon, the doctor gave us good news that her blood tests show that her liver function count has improved! A few minutes later the doctor emailed and asked for a number she could reach us at. Then we got nervous. We never got that kind of email before. She did say it was nothing urgent to worry about. But of course we still couldn't stop worrying. We found out that her glucose levels were low (glucose count 27). Doctor said there's different reasons why her glucose will be low. But as long as Olivia looked and acted fine, there's nothing to worry about. Chances are she was on fasting for a longer period of time than usual that's why her glucose was low. She needs to fast everytime she has a spinal tap procedure. There was a delay at the hospital that's why her procedure was done later than usual. I read about low glucose online and Olivia showed no symptoms that we should worry about.

A lot of worrying today but I'm glad everything is fine. Olivia's back on steroids and her appetite is fast increasing again! Only kids on steroids get a pass to eat chocolates for breakfast!