Day 2

Ryan's white count is down to 500 today. He slept for about 3 hours this morning and then ate lunch around 3:45. I thought that was a pretty late lunch, but I guess when you're in the hospital with nothing else to do that it doesn't matter when you eat - as long as you eat.

Aubrey and I talked to Ryan on the computer tonight for about 20 minutes. I corralled Aubrey in her high chair with a snack so that she would leave the computer alone while we were talking to him. She enjoys seeing him, but she wants to get right up on the computer because I think she thinks that he's inside.

It is fun seeing him talk with her because they actually get to interact where they can't very well on the phone. Ryan's platelets and hemoglobin counts were good today and his calcium was also good. He needed a little magnesium, but otherwise he said he felt fine today.

Ryan said his mouth was beginning to feel a little gross, so I pray that doesn't mean that he's getting sores. We're also praying that as his counts are down that he doesn't get fever. We are praising God that we've had 2 good days already and we continue to believe 1 day at a time that healing is happening.

-A