Loving Taylor

I feel like a broken record. Last night brought more of the same. The positive aspect is that even though she is still having fevers, they are becoming less frequent. Obviously the goal is to be afebrile but at this point I will take less frequent. She is still having vomiting and diarrhea and has horrible stomach pain. Her counts did come up again today so hopefully some of her own infection fighting ability coupled with the 5 antibiotics/antifungal medications she is on will start making a difference. Normally the magic number to be released is an ANC of 250 but that will not be in effect for Taylor this round. She will have to go without fevers for a couple of days and then they will gradually remove 1 antibiotic at a time. She will also have to have days of no diarrhea and vomiting and be able to tolerate food. So....we are at Day 33 today and think we have quite awhile left.

Now....for the update on the CT. I talked to Taylor's primary oncologist about the 2 nodules that were evidenced on the CT earlier this week. Because of the size of the nodules (small), there is no way at this time to tell what they are. There is a good chance they could be fungal balls which are very dangerous. They do not think at this time that the cancer has metastasised but there is also no way to be sure. So, the plan is to wait and re-do the CT in a couple of weeks to see if the nodules are big enough to determine what they are. If for some reason Taylor would get worse in over the coming days, they would immediately repeat the CT to see if they have grown. This is all extremely scary. A fungal infection is not what we need right now. Please pray that the nodules are something that Taylor responds to treatment.

Taylor had a dressing change today and had a really rough time with it. She is at her breaking point with all that she can take. It is just too much to go through. She is also getting packed RBC right now so at least she is sleeping. Sleep seems to be her only time of peace right now.

I am off to try to catch up on some calls and email. Have a good night.