Day 395

     To our suprise, Katie was admitted to the hospital today.  We were told she would need to be here for a minimum of 48 hours and possibly longer depending upon how things go.
     Katie had a low grade fever last weekend, but then she was fine...or so we thought.  Although she has has been noticeably weaker this week.  She has been saying, "my legs are tired of walking."  I can remember asking Scott, on Wednesday evening, if Katie seemed okay.  He asked me what I meant, and I said I wasn't sure, but that she just didn't seem okay to me.  That night she woke up crying a few times.  She didn't have a fever, but oddly her feet were burning hot.  It was the strangest thing!  By morning her feet felt normal, although she said she felt nauseous.  Then last night, she cried every hour during the night.  Her feet felt hot again, and then as the night wore on she got a fever.  Scott was working and I wasn't sure what to do.  We are not allowed to give medication without calling the doctor, but we are told to call only if her fever is over 101.  Her fever stayed in the 100 range during the night.  It hit 101.6 by 7:30 am.  Scott got home around the same time.  We called the clinic when they opened at 8.  We knew they would tell us to bring her in, but we figured they would just give us a prescription and send us home.  However, Katie's blood work came back showing that her levels had all dropped - and dropped so low that she needed to be hospitalized.   So here we are.
     Katie has had a cough for a few months now, and the doctors knew that.  But her cough has gotten worse in the past week.  They did x-rays today and we were told there is "a thickening."  Although they don't know yet if it is viral or bacterial.  Phenomena??  They have stopped Katie's chemo for now, until she gets better - which is good and bad.  The doctor forgot to order Tylenol for Katie and her fever got up to 103.7 this evening, before we were able to get her the Tylenol.  Frustrating!  Her heart rate has also been very elevated all day.
     Once again today, we have been reminded by those we have seen around us, how we are blessed.  There are so many children who have been sick for years.  Our hearts go out to them and their parents.  We are glad for all the blessings we have in our lives.  We are glad for the time we have to be together as a family. On a funny note, Conner thinks the hospital is come kind of resort - free food, drinks and movies.  He said, "This hospital is very cool!". Yes, well, he isn't the one getting all the pokes!  Katie doesn't think it is so cool!  She is ready to go home.  Me too.