My last post was kind of depressing so I promise to keep this one happy- Since my last post lots has happened. My little guy had his first Halloween!!! We went to the pumpkin patch, a few parties and spent Halloween day in the chemo clinic getting chemo… some might say “how sad” but the kids who had a short chemo were crying when they had to leave! All the nurses were dressed up and they had SOOO much candy for the kids- Even the kids who didn’t need chemo that day came by to trick-or-treat :) Here are some pictures from the pumpkin patch and party and then at the clinic.
HOWEVER, with happy news must come some frustrating news… while in his 5 day chemo he got sick before day #3 of chemo. We took our little guy home Tuesday night and woke up around 3:30 to find him with a fever :/ it was 101 and we are not allowed to give him medicine at home to stop a fever and have always been told to call if he spikes a fever at home. I called and they told us to come in. But like the “broken car” you take in, this guy had NO fever when we got there- However, since he had a fever they have to keep him for 24 hours. At first Ryan and I were upset that we even took him, and hated that he was back in the hospital for no reason… UNTIL he spiked a fever of 102.5! They said they wanted to let it go to see if it would get higher. Well, it didn’t get higher but dropped back to the low 100. Then a few hours later shot up to 104.9! I was a mess!!! My poor little baby was shaking out of control and they call in many RNs and NPs to help with the situation. I have not been that scared since he went in to surgery- They gave him so much medicine, did test, and put him in isolation. His doctor said he had to go 24 hours with NO fever before they could finish out the rest of his chemo (we had 3 days left!) He had no fever Thursday-Friday so they were able to do chemo Friday, Saturday and Sunday night and we came home Monday. This was a scary hiccup in the road, but like the doctors said there was nothing Ryan or I could have done to prevent this from happening. It was bound to happen and the fact he hasn’t been back in so long was a miracle- So we are back on track for chemo this Monday November 21- While on the topic, just want to say for the millionth time thank you to everyone for the sweet comments, texts, messages etc. They really do help when we are going through a difficult time- I didn't take as many pictures as I usually do but I had this one I thought I would share, this guy is seriously so happy!
