Roller Coaster

Hi guys.....Bill here,

Well, the last 24 hours have been up and down. Erin slept until noon yesterday after the long night in the ER. When she woke up, she was so brave to try to get her bucket of pills down and the dreaded yuckee Posi (anti-fungal) and shortly afterward threw it all up. By late afternoon they had gotten the nausea back under control and she ate a pretty good dinner and was able to keep it down. Last night she got up and got a little dizzy/light-headed and then got a bad headache. They gave her a second transfusion of platelets last night. On a lighter note, one of our favorite nurses from the sixth floor came up this morning to tell Erin that she had a room ready for her downstairs "where she could be with her friends". Our other favorite nurse who had moved up to the 7th floor was "fighting" over Erin to keep her on 7E. They have all been so good to us and I know Erin appreciates them so much!

This morning after the second transfusion, her platelets are up a bit from <4 to 25 but she is still having a slight nosebleed. The PA thinks the headache may be mostly a sinus type issue but the doctors ordered a CAT scan just to make sure there is no bleeding in her brain. They just took her down to radiology. Our prayer request this morning is for Erin's headache to subside, for clear CT results with no hemorrhaging in her brain, and for her to be able to recover comfortably at home. We are hoping that she will be able to go back home tomorrow if all goes well.

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows." - 2 Corinthians 1:3-5

Thanks for continuing to hold Erin up in prayer and for your tremendous support!

Blessings.....Bill