| Untagged | 21 Apr 2010 |
| My Trip to Seattle by Olivia |
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Last week, I went to the Seattle Children's Hospital to check in with my doctors. Luckily, my Aunt & Uncle live in Seattle so we stayed with them. My mom, grandma, and I left Portland on Monday because my doctor's appointment was on Tuesday. Since my cousins were on Spring Break I was able to hang out with my cousin Mackenzie. We played board games and the Wii. It was kind of weird not having my sister around, but it was also nice just to be there by myself. Mackenzie and I also played the piano together (that was fun). My Aunt also taught me how to knit and it was so much fun. I finished my first scarf in two days, and she is going to send me more starts through the mail so I can keep knitting (she didn't teach me how to start a scarf, just how to knit using a start).
Before my doctor's appointment, we went to this great place in Seattle called Archie McFee's. My grandma found it while looking for fun bandages for me. She figured I needed some cool ones since I was using 5 bandages a week due to Sub CU. We had already had ones that were kisses, toast, eggs and bacon. Now we have eight new ones: devil duck, bling, monster, tattoo, black cat and a few more. I really like having fun bandages!
At my doctor's appointment I found out that I will be getting steroids every other week starting in June. That will be nice, but I will also start rehab therapy. They want to do that because of all my muscle pain and my tiredness. I am not sure what to think of that. My mom says maybe I can do something on the Wii, like yoga. I really like yoga! Also at my appointment we found this great thing called a J-tip. I use a cream to numb my skin before every IV. The J-tip numbs you right away. I loved it! The nurse gave is the packaging to take home with us so I can show my IV nurse Susan here in Portland. Susan was happy to take it and do some research. I was hoping they would have it for my next IV, but they didn't. They did find it in the ER though, but it was a bit different. The IV took 3 pokes this time because of broken veins. It was so painful! I was able to hang out with my Chemo Pal Krystal though, which is always a good thing. I like playing games with her.
Another thing my family is working on right now is a blood drive. And now we have a date and a place on June 7th at our church in West Linn. I am excited! I have wanted to do this for a really long time! I am hoping we will also get the okay to do a toy drive for Bingo at the Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel since I love bingo and I would like to do something nice for Child Life. I hope that we are able to do something like that along with the blood drive. We will just have to see!
Until next time, your friend Olivia
