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- Name: Their mommy
- Location: Del Rio, Texas, United States
I'm a twin, love TAPS on Ghosthunters, like to eat mac & cheese, hate my meds (especially the decadron), like to play drums & can do metal horns. Yeah!
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Adjusting to life with recently diagnosed three year old with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (as told by his mom, Michelle)
7.28.2005
we are in san antonio right now back in the exact same hospital room when caleb was first diagnosed at the methodist ch/ren's hospital. we went yesterday for his chemo & were ready to leave (& anybody who knows me knows it takes me about 15 minutes to leave somewhere) when he started shaking cause he was cold. i pointed it out to nurse who said he was probably hypoglycemic from not eating all morning (his appetite has been waning). she took his blood pressure & he was fine but she had us go back to the room again (there have 3 bedrooms set up for a cozy atmosphere)& i laid him down. when we first got there at 10:10 his temp was normal. when she checked him again it was 99.5 (it's not considered a fever until it's 100.5). then 10 minutes later it was 101.4 & so they accessed him. i grabbed the thermometer about 10 minutes after that & it was 102.5 (he had alot of blankets wrapped around him too). still very scary how fast it shot up. i tell you, those prayers are working!!! i know the prayer circles are still going for him. i mean, of all times, what better place & time to get a fever than at his own doctor's office instead of uvalde on the way home or home itself. it was awesome cause nurse had some antibiotics ready for him & then we came under a tunnel from methodist plaza to the hospital. is that cool or what? i bet alot of you didn't know that that existed cause i sure as heck didn't!
so anyway, doc came for his rounds this morning & said we need to stay until sat morning. the port cath in his chest can have build-up & doc says he's sure that's what it was cause of how fast caleb got sick immediately after the flushing. he was glad at how fast caleb recovered cause he said some kids don't fare so well when they go through this. this morning he said his concern is what if there may be lingering bacteria & 3 days should be enough time to make sure it's all cleared out. that's fine with me!!! i'd rather be here than have something happen in del rio!!! but caleb's fine right now & i'm not worried cause even if he were to get sick again, like i said, we're in the best place we can be! :)
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