Recharged!

Emma's sores in her mouth started to get worse on Friday, which was actually her 8 month birthday. We wanted to celebrate by taking her to the zoo and her counts were up so we wanted to jump on the chance. She had a pretty good morning and seemed to be feeling well except for the bleeding from her mouth and nose. The drs prescribed some pain meds so we felt like we had it under control.

Before we went to the zoo, we went to the home health care office to get her dressing changed. I will hopefully learn how to do that soon! Emma acted like she wasn't feeling well so we gave her some pain meds to help her out. We thought by the time we got to the zoo she would be feeling good. She fell asleep on the way and slept about 30 minutes at the zoo. When she woke up she wasn't feeling well and wanted to be held. That wouldn't be a problem except that she was in the sun and she couldn't get a sunburn. To make a long story short, we ended up leaving early because she didn't feel good at all.

That wasn't the day that I had imagined for my little Emma Grace, but I had to remind myself that this is our new normal and things aren't going to go the way I plan most of the time. Since her sores were getting worse her eating was getting worse. She refused to put the bottle in her mouth and we had to practically force her to eat so she wouldn't get dehydrated. We monitered her closely and realized that she wasn't making enough wet diapers.

We called the dr. on friday night about 11 and he said to bring her in so they could check her over. We had to go the emergency room where they got us right in. Her vitals looked good, but she was a bit dehydrated and her platelets were extremely low. This would explain the bleeding. They said that they would recommend that she stay the night for observation and she could receive platelets and fluids at the same time.

We decided to stay the night so Emma could be more comfortable in a room rather than the emergency room plus we were worried. We finally got into a room at 4 a.m. and fell asleep about 5. Emma had slept most of the night so she was ready to wake up at 8 a.m. Jonny and I were not! The platelets and fluid did wonders for her. She was like a new baby! She was discharged at about noon, and we were home again.

Emma was recharged!! She has been eating fabulously the entire day today, and has been in a playful mood. We will go to the dr. tomorrow at 11 and if everything is okay they will admit us on tuesday for 5 days of chemo.

Please pray specifically for:

A good nights sleep for Emma and us

No infections(her counts are way down right now)

No side effects from this round of chemo

A good restful stay at the hospital

A complete healing

Emma holds on to her platelets