Geez...guess we just can't seem to catch a break from drama!

Zach and I got to go on a date tonight....bet you will NEVER guess where to!  the ER!!!  woo hoo!!  seriously, as if we haven't had enough to deal with?  So here's the skinny:  Zach was working on the garage/new room, and had bent over to pick up some tools and clean up and came up and bashed his head on an open window (we have the roll out kind).  It was a bad enough hit right smack in the middle of his head that he immediately starting throwing up.  Then all of a sudden it looked as if he might faint.  So I said "pack em up, I'm taking you to the ER".  Luckily, my friend Dana was close by, so she came and stayed with the kids while I took Zach in.  On the way there, he was talking super funny and seeing spots and stuff that wasn't there.  By time we got there, we were both laughing so hard that I'm sure the people there thought we had smoked something or did some other type of drug.  They put Zach in a wheel chair and deemed him a fall risk right off the bat, that made us giggle.  Then during intake, I think the guy didn't know what to think with us cracking jokes about how this was our date night.  Then we explained to him "look we have a little girl with leukemia, and we haven't had a great week with that, so this really was just the icing on the cake".  The guy asked Zach if he felt safe in his home (you know the battered spouse question that they always ask), well Zach being the smart ass he is, got in the guys face and whispered "well, to tell you the truth, I'm not so sure about that one.  See, my wife likes to watch 48 hours mystery where they are always having spouses murder each other, so I think she may be plotting".  Of course I start laughing hysterically....the guy just looks at us.
So they wheel us into the room, and the lady from registration comes in.  Asks for our insurance card and ID, etc etc....Zach says "hey we met our out of pocket deductible, think you can give me a work up?  What else can I sign up to get done today?"  By time the doctor came in, I'm certain they thought we were crazy as we asked if we could please get admitted for a week vacation from cancer and have insurance pay for it?  I know, I know....its our outlet, what can I say.
So they ended up doing a CT scan on Zach.  He has bruising and swelling on his brain, but not bad and no bleeds.  So we were sent home on pain meds, and I am to wake him up every hour.  So no rest for me.  Like I get a lot anyhow.  So that was our date night...and it was kinda nice to be away from cancer for a minute...even if it was dealing with a concussion.
As for Lucy and the blasts found in her spinal fluid, I called about that.  I was confused as I thought blasts were only made in the bone marrow and if they were in spinal fluid, that meant it was because it had to be leukemia.  And that is not the case.  This does NOT happen very often, but it happens.  They are baffled because Lucy has the best features for NOT having a relapse, plus she didn't present with any WBC in her spinal fluid.  Usually a relapse is characterized by both WBC (a certain volume) and blasts.  Now they can't say that she hasn't relapsed 100% because they won't know til they test again, but the chances are slim to none.  And they did test the blasts they found and they are not leukemia blasts, doesn't mean they can't turn into them, but for now they were not.  And blasts can be found anywhere in a leukemia patient, they call them recovery cells.  So....what does all of this mean?  Same thing it meant yesterday!  LOL  We won't know for sure if Lucy has relapsed unless other symptoms present over the next 4 weeks and then the next spinal will be the final tell all if nothing has happened in that time.  The chances are slim to none, so now that I have my answers, I will worry about relapse when that time comes IF it comes...for now I am taking Dr. Pui's advice and not worrying.  And of course I'm going to hug that little Lucy of mine every night as tight as I can.  Regardless of the outcome, she is growing up and going to be 4!!!  and after they turn 4, they seem to not want to cuddle as much anymore :(

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