Inpatient

We were admitted this morning after a fairly long wait checking Maggie's counts. Maggie just barely made her counts, which we were happy about. I spent yesterday cooking 2 casseroles and packing for a week and I really didn't want to go back home and have to do it again later in the week. Plus, I guess I feel the sooner we can get this over with, the sooner we can move on with our life.

We were pleasantly surprised to find out today that Maggie was going to go catheter-free. Dr. Dole, another oncologist decided that it would be better for her to just get frequent diaper changes, and frequent they have been. Andy has been changing diapers about every half hour, if not more.

Maggie received her first doses of the chemo drugs VP-16 and Cytoxan. She will receive 4 more days of these drugs before we can go home. I believe our scheduled time of departure will hopefully be Friday, as long as there are no complications.

My fear with Maggie's new found skill of crawling is that she will again regress being in the hospital. We are making it a point to put Maggie on the floor to crawl around while playing with toys and reading books. She was able to continue crawling today, so that's a good start. I think it also helps that she doesn't have a catheter causing her discomfort while moving and sitting.

Please pray for Maggie especially this week. Pray that the week of chemo goes by without any problems. Pray that Maggie stays infection-free and that she doesn't get sick from the chemo. Please pray especially hard that Maggie will remain fever-free this week as well. In the past, these heavy doses of chemo have caused her body to respond by fevering. This has caused Maggie great pain and discomfort, as well as a possibly longer stay in the hospital.

Thanks-