Dustin and Neesha’s Phindex, Month Phour

Units Phin received of blood: 2

Of platelets: 2

Days of chemotherapy: 4

Sedations: 1

Bone marrow aspirations: 1

Echocardiograms: 1

New CVC line placements to replace the one that cracked: 1

Shots: 2

Bandage changes: 5

Total number of days from first chemotherapy induction in Round 1 to final dose in Round 4: 113

Number of years since the phrase "He shows up" was introduced in Sesame Street as the tagline for Super Grover 2.0: 12

Number of years since "We Show Up" was first used in branding for Phin’s current hospital's network: 1 

"We Show Up" banner on a parking
structure outside Phin's window

Number of years before the concept of "showing up" shifted from a sarcastic way to signal a character's questionable usefulness and dubious qualifications, to an earnest assertion of superior standards of competence and professionalism: 11

Number of times Chuck Mangione's jazz-fusion hit "Feels So Good" will play during a one-hour hold period with Accolade Health: 6.3

Position at which "Feels So Good" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1977: 4

Temperature at the North Pole when Santa Claus visited the Children's Hospital for Christmas in July event on July 15, 2022: 64 °F

Difference between outside high temperatures at North Pole and Children's Hospital on July 15, 2022: 21 °F

Number of days that the giant nutcracker balloon from last Christmas remained at full inflation in a corner of Dustin's office: 210

In a hospital room with Phin: 2

Factor by which half-deflated giant nutcracker balloon has spent more nights in July in the same room as Neesha than Dustin has: 4

Estimated number of times Phin has mentioned that in addition to growing up to be a zookeeper and a nurse, he also wants to be an evolutionary biologist so that he can bring extinct animals like dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers and dodo birds back to life: at least once every time someone new enters the room every day since he learned there was an actual job title for people who bring back terrifying, extinct creatures

Number of feature-length Jurassic Park films that question the wisdom of this idea: 6

Times Phin insisted on telling the story of the “Jesus Roach” (aptly named for the girls’ discovery of a massive cockroach crawling over a crucifix on the wall of the room they were isolated to during their Covid bout) since Round 4 readmission: 11 

Number of days since Phin was readmitted for Round 4: 11

Length in feet of the new big boy bed Phin has requested for when he returns home: 40

Number of new stuffed animals added to his animal “crew” by loving neighbors and nurses, which he lies in bed with worrying he will not be able to fit them into the 40-foot bed he has requested we procure to accommodate them: 5