Sleeping Beauty

Watching Sleeping Beauty for about the thousandth time. Sylvie's sleeping. Or I'd be concurrently reading it, too. Michael and I each have our own favorite parts. Mine is when Maleficent says, "you will prick your finger on the needle of the spinning wheel and DIE!" except when I read it aloud, I never say that word.

Sylvie had a pretty good day except for the nose picking incident. Her blood counts are a little low which means the average nose picking can be a mess to the tenth power. Sylvie got her first platelet transfusion today to get her numbers higher. Tomorrow's a chemo day.

Instead of mixing her magnesium with Coca Cola, they are using Hershey's caramel syrup. I'm not sure which is "worse" but I'm just going with it until Michael or his brother Ed can come home with something that does not contain high fructose corn syrup (you know, "THE DEVIL") and honestly, I've read that sugars and cancer do not mix well.

Lots of friends and family today. (Thanks everyone for coming!). Sylvie continued to kick out Dr. Nipa this morning. Karen from The Whole Child came dropped by to bring me recipes for nutritious and high caloric shakes for Sylvie. I can't wait!!!! I need to get a bisphenol-free cup for Sylvie to disguise the healthy things that I'll be adding in. Adding in when there is no longer a tube up her nose.

Michael's mom stayed over last night so that Michael and I could have a night together. We haven't had even a moment of privacy in the past 10 days. We got much needed sleep but were both wide awake by 6 am. We shared all of our fears with each other probably in more detail than before. Michael's are more rational than mine but they're equally consuming.

Lucky and OJ were excited for the company. I think OJ has gained weight with all of his sympathy feedings. He's definitely closer to 20 pounds than 18. Lucky on the other hand, isn't getting Sylvie's scraps (who knew a dog would like avocado and bell peppers?) so I made her a scrambled egg and dropped some other food on the floor for old times sake.

I'm staying over tonight. Michael, tomorrow. If Sylvie gets sick from her chemo though, I'll probably stay.

Damn would like to see the Oscars but will settle on a wrap-up tomorrow. I hope and am pretty confident that Slumdog Millionaire will at least one Oscar. Go Mumbai! Sad state of affairs but the only films I saw last year include Slumdog, Tropic Thunder, Dark Night, Man on Wire and Twilight. That's really pathetic.

On that note-- time to wake Sylvie for more magnesium. You know what they say... never wake a sleeping bear.