December 9, 2010

Thursday-another good day that did not end so well. Cody met with his tutor briefly and felt fine. We went to eat at Friday's and then came home to watch the hockey game. He was feeling nauseous and then ended up vomiting. This was just the start of it. He vomited again with a watery stool around 12. I called the drs and they had me give him a stress dose of steroids at home. It should have done the trick but then he vomited and had diarrhea again and he told me that we needed to come in. This was around 2 am. He was crying and it broke my heart. He kept saying he did not want me to miss work. His dad was here and could have brought him but after it being already 2ish and then how could I focus at work and be worrying about him? It was a no brainer for me. Hey, I got a paycheck and 9 good days. This is just a little setback. We got to Sloan and stayed in Urgent Care till 8 am and I managed to crawl into the tiny bed, a bit bigger than a stretcher but got little sleep. We came up to the day hospital for evaluation. We needed to stay to get some IV fluids and another stress dose of steroids. It is 12 noon now and we are still here but should be able to go home soon.

We got home at 5ish. We ran to get meds and pedialyte and I need to catch up on my sleep now. They are going to do a skin biopsy on Tuesday to check the rashes and skin irritations he keeps getting. It could be GVHD and maybe we need to treat it differently. They will also do a bone marrow biopsy since he is due. I will not be going with him for this one, I will be working. He says he is ok going with his dad. He is a strong boy. I am hoping for a good night here tonight. Night all...