And it’s time to hopefully get off the morphine because whew what an attitude!
On Sunday, my favorite IV lady returned to TPA Jesse’s red line because there was a clot in the line preventing fluid from traveling through. Luckily that went very smoothly, and the line was available for use within an hour and a half. Jesse was still feeling pretty punk. During the day she did not have a fever, but by the evening she ran one, and then again at 4am on Monday morning.
On Monday, Jesse received IVGA. This is a drug to help boost her immune system and give her some added protection. She slept most of the day with no fever, until around 6:30pm. This time it was 38.9 Celsius (around 102 Fahrenheit). At 4am Tuesday morning, her fever spiked again.
Tuesday, Jesse received platelets since her count was 10 and she had blood mixed with the drool from her mouth. She was a little more grumpy on Tuesday, but once again slept a good deal. That night her temperature reached 38.3 Celsius. A hospital considered fever is 38.5 Celsius (a little over 101 Fahrenheit). Our nurse returned an hour later to take Jesse’s temperature and it was 37.8 Celsius. The temperature came down on it’s own!!! Yeah!!!
No fever early Wednesday morning.. and no fever yet. I am praying that she is through the period of fever.
At 7am this morning, I was able to get her count information:
Hemoglobin : 8.9, was 8.8 yesterday
Platelets: 34, was 10 yesterday
ANC: 680, was 0 yesterday (Normal range is 1500 – 8000)
Neutraphil Cells Counted: 100, only 15 counted yesterday. The lab likes to be able to count 100 cells 🙂
I asked her doctor if this was going to dip, and his response was no. She is on the upswing!
Later in the morning, Jesse was sitting up by herself. She didn’t fight me to clean the blood off her lips when she learned that she could have chap stick. Our resident came in to visit at about the same time. She left laughing because Jesse was fighting the chap stick wrapper and refusing my offers to help her.
By this afternoon, she was out of bed playing with fingernail polish and playdough (not together… oh what a mess that would have been!)
She asked to eat a muffin, and painfully ate about an eighth. Her mouth is still sore, but hopefully by tomorrow that will be healed.
I requested that we take her off of the continuous morphine… her mood swings were getting crazy! One minute laughing, the next pretending she had a gun and pointing it at me. When I told her that was rude and we do not point guns at people, hysterical tears in the floor because she thought I was mad at her. This kid had better never do drugs… she’ll get caught in a heartbeat!
Right now her pulse is great. I don’t know how long it takes for the morphine to get out of the system, but I am praying that tomorrow I have a happier child. Thank you everyone for your prayers! They have meant so much. And Thank You God for answering them. 🙂
Soosan,
I look for your posts every day just to see how Jesse is doing. I am so happy that the worst seems to be over with this transplant. Bless her heart — you called her your “bruiser” early on, and it cracks me up to see her push her way back to feeling better and even refusing help with the Chapstik wrapper! With that kind of will, how can we ever doubt that she will be just fine eventually. Jesse is still on the daily prayer list at Washington National Cathedral, where she is prayer for out loud in a worship service, and I continue to pray for you, too.
Victoria
Thank you very much!
Yeah!! glad to hear it and hope that the upswing will really swing up and stay there. Praying good thoughts for one and all! See ya, Cindy
I met your family at NY Deli & I work with Debbie Gardner. Look for your post daily & am sooo glad to hear good news. Jessie & her family are in my prayers daily!!!! Please believe God is holding yall in His hands.
Bless you,
Candy