First--we are home (as of 7:00 PM tonight), Maggie is done with this week's chemo, and she's still crawling around and having some fun. Those are good things.
But, Maggie had some rough stretches too--she's still vomiting some, but not as much as yesterday. I wish that was the end of the bad news, but Whitney is sick now. She started feeling ill this afternoon at the hospital and eventually, she started vomiting, too. She's been feeling horrible and is going back and forth to the bathroom over and over. She's just very nauseous. At least now we're home. She was so anxious to be home once she got sick. But we had to wait for all of Maggie's medicines to finish, wait for our meds at the pharmacy, and then they discharged us.
Obviously, we don't want Maggie to catch whatever Whitney has, so Whitney has been wearing a mask. Maggie's counts will bottom out in about a week. Whitney was extremely generous and suffered through a couple of feedings for Maggie this evening, but she's just suffering right now. We're going to try to get through the night with Whitney having her room to herself. More than anything, it is so hard to watch her--it looks like a really nasty bug.
Please pray for a night of rest and quick recovery for my ladies.
Goodnight.
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Oh, I wish I were healthy enough to come help you, Andy.
Is it possible Maggie's vomiting is from a bug? Sometimes the incubation period is only 24-36 hours and she could have given it to Whitney. This wouldn't change all the clean up you have to do or make anyone physically better, but it is so "normal" as opposed to being a side effect of chemo.
Hi My Dears,
There are nasty bugs going around and we're very sorry you have to deal with that, too!
Hang on -- this too shall pass.
We love you and are thinking of you. We will see you when the time is right.
Aunties Judith and Dallas
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