Is it only day 3?? It feels like it’s been a month. However today was actually a very good day. Madelyn felt pretty good. She didn’t complain about her port hurting too much and she wasn’t nauseous. She tires easily but she seem more like herself today. We walked the halls and went to the play room. We played Uno, Sorry, Farkle, Yeti in my Spaghetti and did arts and crafts. The nurses came up with a reward system for taking her meds. She got to pick out of the massive “treasure box” if she took all her AM meds. It was still a challenge but she did them and got her treasure. They let us have a pass and we took a wheelchair down to the lobby. She walked around the gift store for 30 minutes. =) We got to see her beautiful smile and hear her laugh today. It was just want we all needed. Then she rocked her PM meds tonight! We could tell she did not want to take them but she’s such a big girl and knows she is suppose to. We were very proud of her tonight. 
Her levels were good today so no transfusion.
WBC: 7220
HGB:  8.7
Platelets: 53,000
ANC: 320
87% blasts

Our only heart breaking moment was when they told us she can’t have another pass to go down stairs to the gift store/ ice cream store  or upstairs to the large play room until her ANC level is over 500. We could tell she was disappointed and it broke our hearts. 

Some friends brought us comfy non hospital grade pillow and blankets so hopefully mom and dad sleep a little better tonight.