After a looong day at Mayo yesterday, Valerie had a challenging night last night and this morning. She was dealing with the lumbar puncture soreness, the IT chemo headache, and, to top it off, she has also been fighting a stubborn sinus infection for the last few days! She needs a break! Needless to say she handled all of this like a champ and I am so proud of her.
This morning Valerie showed me her finger. I saw that it was red and swollen. A few days ago she discovered a tiny wound on her finger and had no idea how it happened. Even a tiny infection can be potentially dangerous because there is only a few white blood cells floating around in her body trying to fight all infections. They can't do it all alone!
I made a call to the on-call doctor and give him a quick rundown. I told him about this last week, then when I get to the part about the infected finger, he stops me mid sentence and tells me to get in the car (with Val) and take her to the ER.
All of the boys were away from home doing Boy Scout activities and weren't due to be done for a few hours. I made a few calls and was able to get Valerie a ride up to the North Phoenix Mayo ER. We have such great friends. My plan was for the kids and I to go up later right after dinner. I was sure she'd have to be admitted for IV antibiotics.
Our six year old, Lily was really sad that Val had to leave, but that opened the opportunity for me to hug and comfort her while she cried a little. I just love to hold her in my arms.
About 4 hours later I was so glad to be caught off guard when Val called me and the first words to come out of her mouth were, "come and get me!" Hallelujah! They gave her the option to come home with an antibiotics prescription and she jumped all over that one! That was a no-brainer!
I'm so happy to report this good news! She will be gone for a month soon and we certainly don't want to add to time that we spend apart.
Valerie got home about 7 PM and is currently resting and watching the kids be loud, crazy and playing X-Box Kinect. Life is good right now. We are soaking it up like crazy!
We get a day off from medical stuff tomorrow and we'll get to go to church, Val will probably stay home and I'll arrange for her to receive the Sacrament at home. Then on to Monday when she gets another blood draw, Iumbar puncture, and IT (intrathecal) chemo. One day at a time.
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