RockingJuJu

We arrived at the hospital around 8 AM. They had the list of the 11 doctors we would be seeing hanging on the door. (Normally this would be overwhelming for me but I have grown accustom to such things after 16 years of taking Justin to the facial clinic.) I must say they have a very well oiled machine and we moved through the doctors rather quickly.

Jacey was not thrilled to find out that she was actually going to have blood drawn because they needed so much. Her veins were clearly not happy about  it either because it took them several pokes before they could find one that was willing to give them blood. She was then swept away to have her hearing tested and they returned to let us know that her right ear is full of fluid and may rupture AGAIN!  It was actually a good thing I guess though I hope we get the skip the rupture. They were quick to get her an appointment with an ENT. We spent a lot of time talking with them about school issues and getting her back in counseling. Jacey got an ECHO done and thought it was neat to see her heart. I was shocked that she didn't remember having that done before. They printed out pictures of her heart for her. We got to make a trip over to the other side of the hospital to have her lung function tested and that is just a fun test. They showed us how much her lungs had improved since they last time they had tested her. Then it was off to get an x-ray and bone scan done. Jacey thought the bone scan was very neat and now has a copy of her skeleton.

The big part of the day was just talking with the doctor about things chemo can effect and how they will continue to test for those problems. Jacey is still gaining weight but is now over 5 foot tall. They don't seem as concerned about her rapid weight gain as I am but I am dealing with one issue at a time right now. They are going to call with all the offical results in the next few days. Everyone agreed that Jacey had dealt with her share of problems.