Saturday, August 25, 2012

Friday, August 24th - Back in the hospital

I find myself composing another blog post from the hospital.  Sarah has been fighting a sickness for the past 10 days or so.  She has had low-grade fevers off and on during that time.  She started one about 3am this morning and it stayed for over 8 hours.  We called and got an appointment to get her checked out.  Her ANC is below 200 (actual - 24) so she was admitted in order to give her antibiotics to help her fight whatever it is.  There hasn't been any indication of what it is yet, but she has had a little bit of a running nose and a cough.

My dad flew into town today to come spend some time with us.  It was fun watching my kids play with him.  He brought Sarah and I to the hospital and stayed with us most of the day.  It was nice to be able to have him here to help out.  Jess's brother Jon has also been in town this week.  He came out for dinner on Sunday and is staying tonight at the house.  The kids love to have visitors to play with.

This will probably be the last time for a while that Sarah has to stay in the hospital.  She eneters maintenance on September 5th.   That means that they will try and keep her ANC above 1000.  She will have clinic visits monthly or so.  We are looking forward to it.

We are grateful for all the love and support.  We hope the hospital stay will be short.  Thanks for all the prayers.

1 comment:

  1. I'm sorry that Sarah is in the hospital again, but that it marks the end of hospital visits. I was glad to read, "This will probably be the last time for a while that Sarah has to stay in the hospital." That really made me smile! See you tomorrow or Monday (I'm bringing dinner in!)

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