All is "well"

Kathie and Melissa did not leave the hospital until after 2 AM yesterday. Nothing too serious, but definitely some dropped numbers for Kathie. First off, the x-ray just showed irritation - just as you'd expect from someone suffering from diarrhea most of the evening. There was no obstruction shown. Her white blood cell count has dropped, which was unexpected as she received a Neulasta shot last week to boost it. Her red blood cell count dropped as well - only .3 from having to get a transfusion. Unfortunately, she could not get new boost shots for either of these issues without being admitted which was not on the top of anyone's priority list at 1 AM, so they put a call into the on-call doctor at Dr. DiMartino's office. They said to come in on Friday (Kathie is flying home today) and to go back to the hospital if she had a fever or more pain. Neither the ER doctor, or the doctor at DiMartino's office felt the boosts were necessary immediately. Kathie and Melissa will probably call Dr. D's office themselves today to double check that response.

The best part of the story from yesterday: Kathie wasn't exactly having anyone rush to attend to her at the ER, so she took off her wig figuring if she looked a little more sickly that would help. A+ for tact mom:) Unfortunately, Melissa and Kathie still enjoyed an 8 hour adventure yesterday.

Kathie did leave the hospital having received fluids. She will fly home today with her mask on (and she wore it around the hospital yesterday - where better to pick up something nasty than in an ER?) and we'll all hope that she isn't stuck next to the kid blowing snot into his hand or the adult that never learned to cover his mouth when coughing. The stool sample results will not come in for 2-3 days, so Dr. DiMartino can request the results from there. The will indicated whether or not there is bacteria present.

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers - just another day in the ups and downs of reactions to chemo and cancer!

Posted by Lauren