St Jude 1 year post Radiation Scans

It's been almost a year since Avery completed radiation.  Tomorrow we leave for our one year post radiation MRI.  To say we are scared is a gross underestimation of how we actually feel.  For 3 months we have been fully aware that absolutely no treatment has been going on inside her body waging war against this monster.  This week we'll see if what we chose last winter was right.

We'll post as soon as we have results...check FB for quicker updates.  Prayer Warriors we need a lot of overtime right now...the children's cancer battlefront has seen a lot of Angels these last few months.

Jenn

Still running a fever...

Avery seems to be having trouble kicking this fever.  Sundays trip to the ER resulted in a negative UTI culture and flu test.  They decided it was something viral and to let it run its course.  So Monday we kept her home and she seemed ok all day.  Tuesday we took her to school and they called us around 2 and said she was running a temp.  Wednesday we stayed home again and she seemed ok all day.  Last night however, she spiked a temp again and she stayed home with Daddy today.  She spiked again this evening and then Emmett jumped into the mix and started running a temp as well. What a strange cycle.  Other than fever, they appear to just have a bad cold.  Runny nose, congestion and a cough.  Into the pediatrician we go again tomorrow to see what she thinks.  We are definitely ready for spring!

ER again....

Well....the port is out but we decided to take her anyway.  I swear this kid saves all her issues for 9 pm at night.  We are once again at CMH ER waiting for the Dr to come in and check us out.  She started running a fever earlier today and it spiked rather quickly tonight.  The shakes started and her stomach hurt and after a couple of calls with the CMH nurse on call we decided we weren't comfortable not going in.  So much for normal.

The last time she was like this we ended up septic and in the PICU.  Needless to say we weren't taking any chances.  So here we sit on a Sunday night...it's 11pm and I just schooled the ER Dr who just fell out of med school and normally works with adults.  Freaking fantastic.  Just what I need.  Oh wait he just sent the Attending in...and he suggested all the things I did.   Hmmmm....I so don't get paid enough to do their jobs for them....


Jenn