Loving Taylor

I had high hopes that yesterday was just a bad day and that today would be SO much better. I was sadly mistaken. Taylor spiked a fever in the middle of the night. She immediately had blood cultures drawn and was started on "triples". Triples are 3 extremely strong IV antibiotics. They cover a wide spread bunch of bugs. Because of this, Taylor was put on room isolation for the day. This meant no visitors (daddy, grandma, or Savannah). I had to wear a gown, mask, and gloves each time I left the room. As of about 2:00 this afternoon, her blood had not "grown" any infection, so they thought the fever was just from her blood counts being so low. The antibiotics are being kept running for 3 days as a precaution.

Taylor has developed very swollen gums and is starting to get mouth sores. This is another wonderful side effect of the chemotherapy. Because of this, she really is not eating at all. I am able to get a couple of bites of food down her and some GoGurts. She also ate some frosting off of a couple of cupcakes. She is down almost 2 pounds. The doctors will be talking to me tomorrow about what needs to be done. She will most likely need the NG (down her nose) for nutrition.

She was actually in better spirits today and out of bed most of the day. She is still extremely hard to please but we had a few laughs today!!!

They just did her PM vitals and she has spiked a fever again....not good news. This will mean she is back on "room isolation" tomorrow....oh how fun!!!

Not much good news today....hopefully tomorrow is better.

XOXO
Kristen