ER Visit

We visited the ER this morning after some concern for Maggie and her diarrhea.  Maggie's diarrhea has again picked up since yesterday.  Yesterday morning Maggie had a "normal" stool and we began to think that maybe we were giving her too much applesauce and bananas because she was pushing.  However, it went downhill after that and she continued to have diarrhea in her stool throughout the day and night.  We changed 4 dirty/wet diapers during the night and at 6:00 am, Maggie woke up and immediately said "wawa" (water).  We gave her a glass and she gulped it down.  This happened last time she got very dehydrated (as well as Andy noticing the skin on Maggie's bottom is hanging like a "deflated balloon") and so we were nervous with all that we've been through, that perhaps it was happening again.  

Andy called the hospital at 6:30 am and an hour and a half later, the oncologist on-call called us back.  They normally return our call in 5 minutes.  Thankfully Maggie didn't have a fever or this would have been a problem because in those instances we must get her to the hospital so that she can get antibiotics right away.  

Due to our experience in the past, we were told to come right to the ER.  Being that Maggie had surgery on Wednesday to replace her broviac with a port, we had a new experience of putting numbing cream on the site where her port is, so that they could access her.  Andy and I were both nervous about how Maggie would handle the nurse poking her with a needle, but she really did well.  She cried as we held her down and as they poked her, but the cry didn't escalate, which means that it didn't really hurt Maggie (which is what I was afraid of), and once she began the process of drawing blood, Maggie was very calm and still (she slept most of the time that we were in the ER).  

After blood work, it was determined that Maggie's hydration levels are still good.  We were expecting the worst (we had packed our overnight bags expecting several days in the hospital once again), but were pleasantly surprised.  We will be having home care come out tomorrow morning to do another electrolyte count to make sure that Maggie hasn't fallen lower in her numbers, especially since Maggie continues to have numerous dirty diapers.  

We are very happy to be home, however, due to our visit to the ER and Maggie's condition, we had to cancel holiday plans today, which we were extremely disappointed about.  Andy and I (as I've shared in the past) are just so tired of this.  I've lost faith in the process of healing Maggie's diarrhea problem, we are tired of always worrying, and we simply long for something good to happen.  We have been hit down so much that we just don't know how much further we can fall.  

Please, please pray that this diarrhea issue will get fixed entirely, and though I don't ask for prayer for us, I do ask that you would pray for our psyche.  We are simply tired of it all.