Casey and I went to church yesterday--I'm trying to develop some local acquaintances and support for me and Kaitlyn--and Alexa stayed with Kait. At church we met an older man who had been diagnosed with AML last January. His wife told me that the worst part of the treatments start as the chemo regimen ends. I also met people who work here at the hospital and one woman who gave me her name and number and said she would be in to check on us later this week. I really appreciated the friendliness and welcome.
The lady at church had it right. When we returned to the hospital we found out that Kaitlyn had spiked a pretty high fever in the morning and it turned out to be a stressful afternoon. Thankfully, Tylenol brought it down and she and Alexa ended up having a "girls' night" via video chat with Eden in Saipan and Mallory in Bar Harbor.
Casey stayed with Kaitlyn over night while Alexa and I went to the hotel. It was a bad night of more fever, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain--poor thing. She felt awful. Kaitlyn only has her last 3 doses of chemo to go for this round--noon, midnight, and noon tomorrow. Evidently there will be more of the same for another 10 days or until her blood counts start coming back up. She received more platelets and another blood transfusion yesterday and we're told that the fever could be caused by the blood...or the chemo...or something else. They have her on a full spectrum of antibiotics just in case it's the "something else."
Not a good day. Better days will come.
Blessings:
- Prayer
- Scriptures
- a fantastic nursing staff
- Casey & Alexa
We will continue to pray for you guys and that Kaitlyn is blessed with the strenghth to get thru the hard part. You can count on our prayers, love and support out here in Saipan.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you made it to church. I wondered if you would. It will make a positive difference to have a ward family there to support you. :-)
ReplyDeleteI hate to think of Kaitlyn feeling so sick and miserable! You are all in my prayers every day. *Hugs*