Valerie had a very busy day today. Where do I start?
I woke up abut 4 AM this morning to go to work and I heard Valerie up and she was not doing so well. She was shaking and having rigors. We took her temperature and it was at 100.4 degrees. We agreed that the sensible thing to do would be to take her to the ER so we took the kids to school and off to North Phoenix we go.
The first thing they did was take her blood and as we expected she was very neutropenic and since she has had her blood booster, Neupogen, already, they decided to to a blood transfusion. So they started with platelets which looked like yellow goo. After the platelets they gave her a bag of freshly donated blood (Thank you random blood donor.) and IV antibiotics. And then they took her to her suite.
I guess Mayo is kind of a big deal because even though its not a really a suite, it's the best hospital room I have seen.
Next came the lumbar puncture to draw spinal fluid to check for meningitis. Scary, I know but since they haven't pulled out the big guns, we are safe to assume that it came back negative. So good news. The bad news, kinda, is that they could not give her IT chemo today and this sets her back at least a day in the treatment plan.
As of now they have had some trouble getting her temperature down and that needs to happen in order for her to get the 2nd blood transfusion...which we are really praying for. As I'm typing this, I am home with our kids and Val is trying to get some sleep in between the time that they are poking and prodding her for one reason or another.
I am so grateful that she is getting top notch care. Mayo Clinic is absolutely a step above in the care that they are providing Valerie. Tomorrow is a new day, can't wait to see the progress Valerie makes.
Please excuse the quick and shoddy update. My beautiful editor is busy trying to get well. Thank you so much for the support. Good night!
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