Sierra's Story: Sicky

Keeping her sick bucket close.

Sierra had a rougher time with her second dose of chemo. She was a lot more nauseated, and the doctors kind of struggled to find the right anti-nausea meds for her. They had said on Thursday that she may be able to leave the hospital on Saturday, after her second dose of chemo Friday night, but then she was throwing up all day, not keeping anything down, so we earned an extra night. luckily, by Sunday morning, she was feeling pretty good, and we were able to remove her from her IV fluids. The toughest part of the day waswhen they had to de-access her port, the tape was pretty sticky, and she was still having some pain in her chest and neck. Once that was over, we were free to go. She has been so happy to be home. She did have some trouble with vomiting last night, I woke her at 3am to give her and antibiotic and her anti-nausea meds, and 20 minutes later, she was waking me to take her to the bathroom so she could throw up. She threw up 3 times, so I finally called the doctor, and they said icould redose her anti-nausea meds since she had thrown up within 30min of getting them. Thankfully, she slept the rest of the night, and has felt good so far today. She even ate breakfast with Reece, watching a movie on her new portable DVD player( a gift from the hospital). One dilemma we are facing is that Dave, Evy, and Reece are all sick. Evy has had a cold that she can't seem to kick, and Reece started coughing the day before Sierra came home. We are trying to keep her separate as much as possible, but it is pretty difficult. The doctors did tell us that quarantining her is not necessarily the best idea, she is going to be exposed to things, and just to keep a close eye on her temp, and to be obsessive about hand washing. We are working now on getting her to stretch her leg, and, hopefully, get back to walking. She only has a few months before she will have surgery, and I would love for her to be able to run and play while she still can.