Murphys Law

What would this experience be without a hospital stay? Well, on Saturday Hannah was not feeling herself most of the day. At about 7:00pm or so mom noticed that she was wearing flannel pajamas and curled up in a blanket (it was 90+ degrees). She complained that she did not feel well, so we took her temperature. It was at 102.3, figuring she was going to have to go to the er, dad hopped in the shower while mom made a call to the hospital. By the time the doctor called back (about 20 minutes) her temperature had jumped to 105.9! So dad rushed her to CHOC where they pretty much took her right in. The nurse gave her some Tylenol and started an IV after numbing her port. We must admit, the entire staff in the er (and the entire hospital for that matter) were EXTREMELY nice and accomadating. Anything Hannah wanted they were there for her.

Anyways… We figured that she would need to stay the night so mom came down at about 11:30pm or so and dad went home. She finally got a room at 2:30am Sunday morning. Dad got nana and papa to watch JJ and went to relieve mom so she could get cleaned up and get some rest. Hannah was put in isolation for preventative measure and had every fluid in her body tested with no conclusive results. The staff texplained to us that the cultures could take up to 48 hours for results, so that meant Hannah would be there until at least Monday night. Her fever never went above normal and she was released tuesday morning. Even though it sucked being trapped in a hospital room she was very positive about the whole thing. We are just glad that it was nothing serious.

We are counting down the days until Hannahs last chemo (Aug 4th) so life can get back to normal. Thank you all for your continued support and prayers.

Doing Great!

Sorry that we have been neglecting everyone for so long. Hannah is doing very well with her treatments. So, what have we been up to? let’s back up a little bit… As you probably know, there was a big fundraiser organized for Hannah at Maggies Pub late last month. It was a HUGE success! A ton of people turned out in support. There were even some of the Laker Girls there! We would like to thank everybody that volunteered their time for the event and want everyone to know that we (mom and dad) had almost nothing to go with it. We cannot thank everyone enough for their help and support.

Second Chemo… Hannah had her second treatment late June. As you will recall she got very ill the first treatment and we were very afraid she would have the same reaction. The Doctor changed her meds from Zofran to Emmend. What a difference! No nausea whatsoever! Just a little tired. Boy were we relieved about that. Thanks to all of you who recommended Emend, it is a godsend.

Fourth of July… We decided to take the kids away for the weekend. So we all went to San Diego, our favorite getaway place (not that we get away much). Friday we all went to Sea World and saw Shamu and friends. Saturday we went to a baseball game to watch our favorite team the Dodgers play. It was JJ’s first game and he slept most of it. After the game we went to our hotel room, freshened up and went to Seaport Village. A very nice little tourist trap pretty much on the water. We had a nice dinner and watched the fireworks from our table.

Last weekend… Hannahs Auntie Leah got married (FINALLY!) Her and Uncle Jordon had been together for like a thousand years. Mom was the maid of honor, dad was a groomsman, JJ was the ringbearer pulled down the isle in a pink wagon and Hannah was a junior bridesmaid. So we all had our hands full getting ready. Hannah wore a wig for the ceremony and about 30 seconds after the “I do’s” off it came. She probably danced more than anyone there. We were just glad that she felt well enough to participate at all.

Third treatment… Today was Hannahs third treatment (one more to go!). I usually takes about three to four hours from start to finish. But not today, it took almost SEVEN hours! The office hadn’t recieved Hannahs blood test results so they had to draw more blood and wait for the results. After that, they started the chemo. She got very dizzy for some reason and her blood pressure jumped. So she had to be monitored until she was stable before she was allowed to go home. She has felt fine since then so we are happy about that.

Hannahs next treatment is August third. After that we are all going to sit down with the oncologist and the surgeon to figure out if there will be any follow up treatments. There is talk of another surgery to remove two phases of lymph nodes but we will see about that later.

That’s about all that has been going on. Again… Sorry for not posting more often, we will try harder to keep everyone up to speed.