Sunday, October 30, 2011

Sunday Morning's ER visit

Well, things never stay calm do they?  I am writing this in the clinic at the hospital.  This morning (Sunday) after taking Sarah to the bathroom, she fainted on her way back to bed.  She has never fainted before.  We knew her red blood cells were low but didn't think they would affect her like that.  After a call to the Oncology on-call, Sarah and I were off to the ER.  The nice thing about having a child with cancer is that the oncology on-call calls ahead to the ER, so they are waiting for you and get you right into a room.  They took labs and an EKG and made sure everything looked ok.  Her numbers weren't that bad.  Her red blood cells were at 25.  They usually don't transfuse until they are below 21.  The on-call decided that she probably needed the red blood cells anyways.  After getting all the labs done, the ER transferred us up to the Hem/OC clinic, where we usually go.  They hooked up the blood and started the transfusion.  That is where I am at now.  Sarah has perked up and is happy watching a show.  But it is never fun to be at the hospital or clinic on Sunday morning.

We have increased our Christmas list over the past week too.  My Nintendo DS that the girls play with finally broke, so we probably need a replacement.  Our GPS LCD screen also decided to go wonky.  It now just displays a snowstorm on it.  I love that technology makes our lives better, it is just a pain that it breaks.

Yesterday, we had the ward trunk or treat.  Sarah's numbers were 500 that morning, so we didn't go to the dinner and games portion.  We got there in enough time that Lilly was able to go in a play a few games.  Both girls had fun trick or treating the trunks in the parking lot.  It is awesome to spend time with the ward.  We have a lot of good friends in the ward.

We are grateful for all the prayers and support.  This episode helps to remind me that we have a long ways to go for Sarah's treatment.

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