Wednesday & Thursday

Well, the fevers came back. Alyson hovered around 101 F yesterday and 100 F today. The docs aren’t really certain why it returned. She doesn’t have any other symptoms of being ill, i.e. viral ones, and the antibiotics she’s on kill pretty much anything. My personal opinion is that it’s due to her having an [...]

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Clinic Visit #1

Today was Alyson’s first day at Clinic. She was fine up to the point where anyone wanted to look at her. Vitals were good and the exam was, well, done quickly enough. The Child Life person, Allison, came in with “Dakota”. Dakota is a doll on which they demo out what’s going to happen to [...]

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Blood Transfusion and Allopurinol

The blood transfusion began at 9pm last night and lasted until 1am. They came in do check Alyson’s vitals every hour which, of course, was very disruptive to getting any sleep. She was also terrified of the blood pressure cuff and the “little red light” that measures oxygenation levels. She also screamed that the transfusion [...]

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