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February 12, 2005 -- Maintenance #7 (Day 29-39) 8 days/nights to OT!! Katie was hit hard with the last dose of vincristine (VCR) on February 2nd. She was out of school for a couple of days with back, leg and hip pain. Then the low-grade fevers (99.5 - 100.0) and headaches hit, and she was out of school for another week. Usually around ten days after Katie gets her VCR, her counts drop. That would be today. I took her temp this morning and it registered at 100.5. She has been acting fine and looks OK, so John and I aren't in a panic. The fever rules: Since Katie has a port, a fever could be a sign of a serious or life-threatening bacterial infection. A temp of 100.4 or higher for 3 temp takings in 24 hours, or 1 temp of 101.2 or higher, warrants a trip to the ER for antibiotics. If her ANC is under 1000 she will be admitted, if it's over 1000 we can go home and monitor her for 24 hours. We are packing for the hospital in the event that we have to go to the ER and she gets admitted. Katie's packing her essentials -- lip gloss, blush, nail polish, crayons, markers, coloring book, games, videos, play doh, her favorite blanket and hospital buddy (a bear that she made). That should keep her occupied for a couple of hours. :) She is a week away from going OT and 10 days from getting her port out. I never would have thought that getting so close to OT would be this difficult for her. She's a trooper. NEXT: February 13, 2005 -- Maintenance #7 (Day 40) |
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