Monday, March 21, 2005

3/21/05 - Still no news about Emily's test results. The waiting is terrible. We are still praying for a miracle. Hannah just got back from a CT scan this evening. She has been having a fever the past few days. The doctors think there might be a fungal infection in her sinus, ears or chest. She is scheduled to have her bone marrow test tomorrow to try and determine why her blood counts have not been rising. Tommorow is day 21 since the first round of chemo and she should be starting the second round, but that will not take place until they have some more answers. She is also having a GFI (kidney function test) to determine if her kidneys are functioning normally. This is a standard test done before and after chemo treatment. Hannah remains in good spirits, she was up walking around her room. She is eating and drinking well. She did start on a new antibiotic on Friday night that gave her some adverse reactions. She had the shakes and a fever. Those symptoms have slowly disappeared. She has been afebrile (fever free) since 8am yesterday morning. YEAH! Karen (mommy) had her first night at home with Emily (8 months) in 6 LONG WEEKS! Grandma was able to spend the night with Hannah to give Karen a MUCH NEEDED break. Hannah and grandma had a great time playing playdough and painting pictures. Hannah's hair has slowly been thining out but not very noticeably yet, so Grandma has been buying her different hats which she has enjoyed trying on. Hannah remains in isolation unable to have visitors (other than mommy & daddy & grandma when relieving mommy). We're hoping that will be lifted very soon. Hannah needs to see us as much as we need to see her. Emily is especially missing her big sister .

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