4/21/05 - Another step FORWARD and two more steps BACK!!!! Hannah begins to make progress and another roadblock is set in front of her. After a great weekend of passes Hannah was to be released on Tuesday morning following an ultrasound. Unfortunately Hannah developed a fever AGAIN early Tuesday morning and that means she is back on antibiotics for 7 days and must remain FEVER FREE for 48hrs. The GOOD NEWS is Hannah has not had a fever since but has had low blood counts and has needed a few blood transfusions also her magnesium has been low and she has been taking oral meds for that. The results from the ultrasound showed that Hannah's spleen was now 13cm. That is a 1.5cm decrease since her last ultrasound. They also checked her pelvic area because of the small lump found above her rectum. The results showed no obstruction in her bowels. (BOTH GOOD NEWS). The doctors ARE NOT concerned about the small pebble size lump and are not alarmed that it could be some type of tumor. They feel that Hannah may have just strained herself because of her constipation and have a small hemmorhoid or just pulled a muscle. Hannah has been receiving morphine because she is not able to sit flat on her bum due to pain. Hannah is remaining in hospital for monitoring. No news yet as to when she'll be released. Hannah STILL REMAINS in isolation and is not allowed any outside visitors. The hospital has made an exception to allow Grandma 2 visits per week to give Karen some relief as well as 2 -2hour visits per week for Emily to spend time with her big sister. These visits have been great for Hannah's spirits. When she sees Emily come to the door she gets SO EXCITED and gives Emily the BIGGEST HUGS!! It also gives Karen the opportunity to spend time with BOTH of her girls together since Emily has been living with Grandma and Grandpa for the past 10 weeks. The visits with Emily have been very important for Hannah socially as well as emotionally. We are still waiiting on a bone marrow match. No news yet. Hannah has completed both of her chemo rounds so getting the bone marrow transplant is the next step and very crucial now. Continue to pray that a match is found VERY SOON!!