Random Thoughts and Musings

Last night, C & B were able to go out to dinner alone and have an hour or so to themselves. That was really nice. Baby S managed to keep things down til about 1 a.m., at which point she threw up all over her crib.

C & B brought her into bed with them, although they do not particularly like doing so. She got sick again, I think … but luckily they had put towels down just in case. She woke up in the morning, and was doing well, then as i was laying on the bed holding her while C got dressed so we could take the girls out to sell Girl Scout Cookies … she got sick again. Poor kid.

She seemed okay afterwards, so we gave it another hour, then packed the kids into the van to follow the girls while they sold Girl Scout Cookies door-to-door. We made it through two hours of sales, and then brought all the kids home to make them a quick lunch before going back out. C sat down to nurse Baby S … who then promptly threw up. After allowing her tummy to settle, she nursed again … and again got sick.

C called the doctor to ask if we could give her an extra dose of Zofran (the medication she has been prescribed to counteract the nausea from the Cisplatin treatment she received this week). The doctor was concerned, because C & I had also noticed a slightly elevated temperature (it had not yet reached “fever” level). He asked C to bring Baby S back to the hospital, because he feared dehydration, anemia, or neutropenia. Elevated temperatures and nausea are indicators of all three conditions.

At the very least, Baby S needs to have anti-nausea medications administered through her Percutaneous Intravenous Catheter (PIC line). These medications are stronger than what we can administer at home, by mouth.

Although Baby S was still wetting her diapers and seemed to be fairly happy and content, she will also receive IV fluids, to help rehydrate her. This will help her feel better too, because she will not feel so weak.

If need be, she will also receive another transfusion during this stay. The doctors were trying to hold off on giving her one this week, because she will fairly certainly need one next week after her oncology clinic treatment. (She has two more doses of chemo on this round … next week, and the week after. If all goes well, this will be the last round of chemo.)

Anyway … that is the update.