Puppy HOPE Caused Some Problems!

Here we sit at CMC waiting for Kayleigh's new blood to transfuse. The afternoon hasn't quite gone as planned.  Kayleigh loves cuddling to her new puppy and Hope loves nibbling. She is the reason Kayleigh's visit hasn't gone as planned. When I arrived home from work this afternoon, Kayleigh quickly approached me saying that Hope had chewed on her tubie. Well, I knew this wasn't a good thing but thought they would just have to alcohol clean it better than usual. WRONG!!! They actually had to deaccess Kayleigh so that the puppy's germs wouldn't travel inside her causing her to get very sick. Once deaccessed, emla (numbing) cream was put on and a 40 minute wait began for it to take effect. The clinic is swamped today due to the cancellations during the recent ice storm, so we were brought back a few minutes late. We arrived at 1:00 and finally by 3:15 the blood transfusion began. It will take 2 hours for the blood to transfuse, then a saline flush will follow, and finally Kayleigh's ara-c (chemo) will be given. So we'll be here a little longer today than planned but that's okay. Kayleigh's in fairly good spirits and who knows, may even decide to write a book about her nibbling puppy. :)