Why Lucas didn't want to walk

The nurse just told me that Lucas's hemoglobin was low--7.5, so they will start blood transfusion (or maybe just RBC transfusion?) over night.

Hard to imagine that his hemoglobin was 3.9 when he was admitted but he was still relatively active. Actually he walked some yesterday evening. He even insisted carrying a kiddo chair all by himself so he could sit with daddy to hear the big red dog Clifford story.

He would need platelets transfusion before Monday spinal tap too. Usually if the blood test shows hemoglobin less than 8 or platelets less than 20, they would start transfusion. But if they need to go into operation room, they want to see platelets above 50 so they don't need to worry about bleeding problem. Lucas's latest platelets are in low 20's. Again, with the chemo, all the cells, good or bad, get eliminated. White blood cell, the infection fighting agent, is the part that cannot be increased with transfusion.

Lucas just murmured "play drum" in his sleep. He was talking about play piano, trumpet, drum and singing with me while we fell asleep last night. I would love him to learn to play drums when he grows up.