The very long, never ending day...

Today was long... so long that even though it's almost 10:00 p.m., it's still not over. Ellie had radiation this morning, followed by platelet and red blood transfusions, followed by more radiation. Finally we arrived home at supper time, only to go in to urgent care - Ellie has a fever of over 103 degrees. The blood cultures have been started along with two antibiotics. She just threw up the tylenol. It's going to be a long night... We will eventually land in a room like we did last time - for at least a couple of days while the cultures sit and grow, or not grow bacteria. I was so hoping that Ellie had escaped this ordeal - we were so close - 12 days out from the beginning of chemo. Still... this happening was almost a certainty. Poor little thing - she's like a limp dishrag. She started the day this way, only without fever, so it was no surprise that all of her counts were low. After the blood transfusions Ellie perked up, but it was short lived. We took a taxi to the hospital and Ellie sat on my lap, facing me, with her burning head on my shoulder just breathing. When we were stopped at a red light she said in a sing-songy voice "this is the smoothest taxi..." At the moment, Mom is sitting with her in the bed, stroking her head while she sleeps. She is much cooler right now. So that's the scoop for tonight. I will let you know how it goes tomorrow...