Can you say - FREEDOM??!! We've been doing the freedom dance all day, because Brinley's ANC is up to 2100!!! Which means........we can do whatever the heck we want to this week! Yeah, baby! We are really happy. That is quite a jump for her in one week! They said she has no restrictions this week, so we are feeling free as birds~~

The LP (lumbar puncture) went fine, she didn't do great with the sedation again. We talked to the anesthesiologist ahead of time about what happened last week, and he said he would watch her very carefully. Afterwards, he said she threw up during the procedure, and vitals weren't great again, he thinks it is because of some congestion she has. But he said just to tell them every time she gets sedated, and that way things go smoother because they were prepared for it. He said it helped for him to be prepared for her vitals to drop. They kept her a little longer after she woke up because he Heartrate was a little low periodically. By the time we left, she was fine. She has one more LP next week, then she shouldn't have to get one for quite a while.

Now for the bad news, Tay and Jade went to the doc today and both have a virus: sore throat, fever, stuffy nose, cough. It's not strep, so no antibiotics will help. I kind of wish it was, because they wouldn't be contagous after 24 hrs of having the medicine. In this case, they are contageous the whole time they have it, up to 10 days. Yikes. Now Brinley is running a fever, 100.7. So we may actually get to go the ER if it continues. She's had a yucky sounding cough ever since the sedation, so I have the feeling we are too late to keep her from catching it. We are still keeping the girls in their rooms all day, but we'll see, we may be back at Hotel Hospital.

We are very happy, though, and feel like we are finding a new normal, getting used to things. It will be nice to take Brinley around this week, and hopefully this whole month. She'll be happier too. Have a happy day, Y'all. (Kathy, that's for you!)

6 comments:

Stacy said...

Wow that is great news. I hope she doesn't get the virus that Tay and Jade have. Hopefully it will pass her by - we will be praying for no ER visits! Maybe we can all get together this week - we miss seeing you guys. It was fun to see Taylor and Jade and David in Vegas and it was even funnier to see Taylor and Alissa be the same height! Crazy! Glad for the good news and bummed for the sickos - I hope they get well soon!

Anonymous said...

great post mommy. just to let every one know being sick is not fun at all.
Taylor

Kristin said...

great post mommy. just to let every one know being sick is not fun at all.
Taylor

Ashley said...

YEA FOR GREAT NEWS! Bummer the girls are sick though.

Huenu said...

Yay for the good news! I'm curious to know how Tay did at the tournament, will you let us know? Kissing the sick girls from WetAunt.

Kristin said...

they got 2nd place. They lost to a Phoenix team in the final game 1-0. They played great!