Loving Taylor

I wish I could say the day got better but it did not. Taylor continued to have a fever the entire night and still today. She woke up even more lethargic today than before. She refused to even get up to go to the bathroom...she is back in pull ups most of the day. Her fever broke late this afternoon but is slowly coming back up again tonight. She refuses to eat anything. She also has numerous sores on her tongue. She was screaming today that her stomach hurt so she was given zofran but this did not work at all. After much talking with Taylor they think she has sores in her stomach (common from the high doses of chemo), so.....she was put on pain medication today. She slept from the morphine and woke up and seemed to feel a little better. She even wanted to get up and lay on the couch.....but this only lasted for about 1/2 and she was back in bed. She also has a very "dry" cough which could be sign that she has mucositis in her throat. This just means there is a build up of mucous in her throat most likely from sores. So.....the pain medication may become more routine to get her through this tough time. She will most likely start TPN (nutrition) through her line tomorrow because she hasn't eaten for 2 days. Her platelets are dangerously low today so she was supposed to be transfused at 10:00 this morning but we are still waiting on the platelets. The blood banks are all depleted from the holiday so we are still searching. The transfusion will most likely happen in the middle of the night which will be really fun.....we will be up for the majority of the night...!!!!

On top of everything else, we had to move rooms today. We are now rooming with her friend Kate which is good but they both feel so bad that they can't enjoy being roommates yet.

All in all....2 of the worst days we have had. The good news is that Savannah is feeling better but with Taylor being so sick, I can not leave. So....still haven't even gotten to give Savannah a Christmas hug!!!