Loving Taylor

Well...things have been a little crazy for us. Taylor started feeling sick last Thursday. I took her to the doctor and as I suspected she had croup. She had gotten a horrible cough and was losing her voice. She had a rough day on Friday and woke up feeling worse on Saturday. So...back to the pediatrician we went. I was worried that she was dehydrated and her cough was getting worse. They didn't think she was dehydrated and felt like she was OK. By Sunday she was feeling even worse. She woke up on Sunday night at 10:30 pm and she and I stayed up the ENTIRE rest of the night. She couldn't sleep because every time she would even start to nod off she would have a coughing attach. By early Monday AM, she was crying that her ears hurt. So.....off to the pediatrician we went again on Monday.....double ear infections!!!! While we were at the pediatrician, they decided to draw labs on her because she was not getting any better. If you all recall, almost 1 year ago, our nightmare began with an ear infection and getting labs drawn. I was beside myself. I was trying so hard to not let on to Taylor that I was super scared. All I could think was that the lab results were going to show leukemia cells were back. After waiting most of the day, the pediatrician called and sent Taylor and I to the ER for 3 bags of fluids. She was VERY dehydrated and they were also worried that she might have pneumonia. They ALSO called the oncologists to go over her blood work because some of her levels were slightly elevated......SCARY. After about 2 hours in the ER, they finally let me know that they had consulted with Oncology again and the Leukemia was NOT back....thank goodness. She also does not have pneumonia but does have bronchitis. So....after hours of getting IV fluids, I took my poor, sick baby home....double ear infections, croup, and bronchitis. What a couple of days. I can't even explain how scared we were....I really believed our nightmare was starting all over. But now that she has 4 days on antibiotics in her she is doing much better. She got to go to her last day of tennis camp today and was excited. Their field trip was to a Diamondbacks game and the girls LOVED it....they had a great time.

Other than all of the sickness drama, we are doing OK. Taylor's next monthly leukemia check was changed to June 18th....exactly 1 year from her diagnosis. I still can't decided if this is a good or bad sign....please pray for it to be a good sign.....No Evidence of Disease!!!

Sean and I are anxiously awaiting June 15th....the day we find out if we are still employed. The waiting is hard. To all of my many Takeda friends, you are all in my prayers for June 15th. My fingers and toes are crossed for all of you. Over the past 11 years, I have made life long friends at Takeda....I think of many of you as family. We truly wish you the best!!!

So...I will post again on the 15th about our jobs and then again on June 18th about Taylor's results....it is going to be a scary week.