Time for treatment #4

Where has this month gone?? I can't believe we are about to close the books on September. I admit I am fine with time passing quickly right now.

Morgan had her pre-chemo blood work this morning. If her counts are high enough, she will be admitted to the hospital tomorrow for treatment no. 4. In an effort to speed the process up a bit, we are having Home Health Care come out this evening to access her medi-port and hook her up to fluids. Morgan must be VERY hydrated before receiving chemotherapy. It usually takes about 6 hours once we get to the hospital just to get her to the right hydration level. We are hoping that by getting the fluids overnight at home she will be hydrated when we arrive for her treatment.

Morgan's spirits are good but she is definately missing seeing her friends. It has been difficult for her to be so isolated during these treatments. Please continue to pray for her. Love,

Reena

Hanging Out At Home

Hello Dear Friends & Family,
Morgan was discharged from Children's Hosp. as planned on Sunday the 13th. She has done well this past week. Her nausea didn't seem to be quite as bad as with the treatments prior. This is in part due to a "big" dose of Zofran just before discharge. The dose of Zofran was a 24 hour dose. We will definitely do that again. She had a blood draw on Friday and as expected her counts were very low. Her ANC was 0 and her Hemoglobin was 7.6 which meant another blood transfusion Friday evening. She tolerated the transfusion well and was able to return home as soon as it was finished.

Although she has been confined to the house this week, she has been busy with school. Butler Tech Online gives her the flexibility to work anytime she wants. She is currently taking the four core subjects----algebra, biology, english, history and health.
We will have blood drawn again tomorrow and hopefully her white counts will be close enough to normal that she can get out and do things. We are both ready for lunch at Asian Wok and a trip to check out the new Nordstroms at Kenwood :-)

You are welcome to leave comments on this blog if you would like. We love reading them. Thanks for reading the blog and keeping up with Morgan's journey. Although it is a difficult journey we look to our Lord for the strength to move ahead even on the days that involve lots of needles, medicine, blood, mediport, GFR's, scans.............you get it. Many of you are dealing with your own trials. Don't ever think that we get so bogged down with our own burdens that we don't pray for you......we do. We have been blessed with so many dear friends, a caring church, great neighbors and loving family members and folks that we haven't met yet that know about Morgan's situation and take time to lift her up in prayer. THANKS!

Day 4 of Treatment #3

Well, it is now day four of this treatment and Morgan of course feels terrible. She is trying to sleep through it as much as possible. She has learned that Benadryl is her friend and is taking it along with the Adivan to help her rest. I count yesterday a success since she did not have any emesis-----that is the word of choice here at Children's Hosp. but at my house we call it vomit.

When she is sleeping she looks so adorable. Although she is fourteen, she is still my little girl and I'm reminded of all the sweet memories I have of her when she was little. Like the time she hugged her dad and said "you're my girl". She learned to say that because Kevin would tell her "you're my girl".

We are looking forward to going home on Sunday. She can't wait to sleep in her own bed, curl up with Max by her side and see her brothers. She was enrolled in school today so next week she will be spending less time on FaceBook and more time doing school work :-)

As promised.......the catfish photo.

Treatment no. 3

Hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. We spent ours in TN with family and had a wonderful time. Morgan caught a big catfish when we were fishing in Ryan's pond down the street from Papaw Hugh's house. Jonathan took a picture of Morgan's catch with his cell phone. I will try and post it to the blog next time.

But, now its back to business at Children's Hospital. This is treatment number three which means she might be half way done. Today's treatment got started at 2:39 and will finish this evening at 7:39.
Morgan did very well during her two week break. Other than getting the 2 units of blood, she managed to stay out of the hospital. She is learning how to manage when she gets home and that has contributed to her staying healthy. We learn some do's and dont's with each treatment.
For those of you who have made it a daily habit to pray for Morgan I say a big THANK YOU. There is certainly no shortage of people to pray for and I know many of you have many other people and issues to pray for so I appreciate the many times you have lifted Morgan up to our Lord in prayer. love,
Reena
Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint