Just Like Home Dog Care is amazing and Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to Kim and Neezar for being amazing and so accommodating, taking Einstein in on such short notice. We left Einstein with them once or twice when we last lived in Vancouver, and they remembered him. They were super-kind and understanding, letting us leave Einstein with them without knowing when we would pick him up. It really took a lot of added stress off our shoulders and we knew Einstein was in good hands and would be having a lot of fun with all the other dogs and the 1 or 2 walks a day. So Thank You Kim. Thank You Neezar. And Thank You Just Like Home Dog Care.
Thursday and Friday consisted of being patient and taking blood samples (vampires!), and a bone marrow biopsy from Nadia’s hip. Unfortunately, there was one more blood sample to take and they can only take these types of samples on Mondays and Tuesdays, so we had to stay in Vancouver until the last sample was taken. Children’s gave us ‘day passes’, but wanted Nadia to spend the nights in the hospital in case her blood levels decreased, because at that time they still did not know the cause of her low platelets.
Nadia took it all in stride though. She had an IV in her arm and her arm was taped to a board, making her hand unusable and kind of like a club. But she did not seem to mind.
Children’s has some amazing play rooms and Nadia wanted to spend all her time there. At first her IV was attached to a pole, and it was comical trying to keep up with her in the play room. She would run around with one of us trailing behind with the IV pole and Nadia would, seemingly intentionally, dropping obstacles in the way, at which time the other parent tried to clear the path. It was much like a chase scene from a cartoon (maybe Scooby Doo??). It was hard to keep up, but if she got too far ahead or snagged a line she could rip out the IV.
It was amazing how well she coped. I thought she would get grumpy by having one hand taped to a board and would try to get it out. But she seemed content playing using her free hand, and using her bound hand to hold things by cradling them in her arm, to her chest.
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Besides getting poked with needles and freaking out whenever someone came in the room who had a stethoscope around their neck, I think Nadia had some fun. She has never seen so many toys in one place at one time. And she got to play with some other kids.
At all times Nadia insisted on wearing her shoes, and her hat. She is a very colour coordinated little girl. How many shades of pink do you have on?
