Our first appointment in the Oncology Department at Children’s Hospital was at 10:45am. First impressions of the clinic were heartbreaking. Babies Dominique’s age hooked up to their Chemotherapy treatments with…
March 5th Bone Marrow Test Day
A nerve wracking day to say the least. It started with a nurse attempting to put an intravenous in Dominique’s foot which was nearly impossible due to her chubby hands…
March 6th CT Scan Day
The stressful part of this day was knowing that we would be meeting with the surgeons following the scan to find out more details about the tumor and the possibility…
March 7th Biopsy Day
We were instructed to be at the hospital at 10:20am. Poor Dom had to fast again and hadn’t had anything to eat since 4 am when she had a small…
March 8th One day after Biopsy
I didn’t sleep well without little Dominique at home. I kept having knee jerk dreams where I would suddenly awake and think “oh my god, Dominique has cancer and is…
March 9th Quick Visit
At 3pm we went to the hospital to have some of Dom’s bandages removed and have her central line flushed. It was a quick visit which was nice considering we…
March 10th Quick Visit #2
Another quick visit to have Dominique’s central line “hep locked” or flushed”. It was nice to get out fast especially considering our busy week ahead. Time spent in the hospital…
March 11th CVC training and MIGB Injection
We made arrangements to go to Oncology to receive some training on how to do all the maintenance for Dom’s CVC line. This is seeming like a really big deal…too…
March 12th MIBG scan #1 & 2nd attempt at CVC training
We followed the technician’s advice and brought a tired child to the lab. From the moment Dominique was restrained and saw the big monster machine rotate around her and come…
March 13th MIGB Scan #2 and More CVC Training.
We showed up for Dom’s second scan at 3pm and 30 mins later found out the camera equipment was frozen. So it was suggested we postpone until the next day….