2:20am brought a wake up call from the hospital this morning. The blood culture they took on our visit Wednesday night came back as being positive for bacteria. Aly has some sort of staph (not sure on spelling) infection. We were told to bring her in right away. What a lovely way to start the day!
Her infection fighting cell count is at zero so her body is not able to fight this on it's own, so that is why it was important to get her down here so quickly. Of course once we got down here we had to sit and wait to be seen. If you can believe it, there was only one ER doctor on staff. By the time Aly was checked over and admitted to the cancer floor it was 6 am. It is always hurry up and wait.
The cancer floor has moved to their newly remodeled digs so it is very nice, but there is no place like home.
Aly is doing ok. Like us, she didn't understand the 2am wake up call. In her normal fashion, she had a reaction to the antibiotic they gave her. This one had odds of 1 in 4 patients. It is called red man syndrome. Her whole head turned bright red and she said she was really itchy. They put her on benadryl and she was fine after that. Just so odd! She is also complaining of major headache. It just is such a slow process to get medications.
We are unsure the length of the stay hopefully just a day.
My heart is with you, Kevin, Tom and especially, Aly. This has been a journey for all of you and I guess it is not over yet. Everyone is trying to sustain you and give you strengh for another day. Continue to roll as needed and remember eventhough we are not there when calls come in at 2:30 am we are supporting you. God Bless.
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