Finally Feeling Better

On Wednesday night I took Kelby in to get her blood checked. It looked just fine, so they sent us home to see what happens after 12 more hours. Kelby was feeling miserable. She still had her fever on Thursday, so I continued to be worried. I took her into her doctor again. I was still concerned about her not pooping for 3 days. He just couldn't figure out where the fever was coming from so he was still concerned. I wondered if she could have some kind of blockage that was causing her problems. Of course, I was thinking that she might have a tumor blockage, so I got a little bit worried. I talked to Kelby's nurse in Seattle and she said the doctor down there wanted to see us. So, we got in the car and drove all the way down there. He looked at her and said that it looks like a virus. So, I felt really stupid for being there. They did give her some fluids since she looked really dehydrated. She hadn't been drinking much. They gave her some Tylenol and we went home. The doctor did say that it is a possibility that she might have some kind of blockage up there, but the chances are very low, so they didn't want to rush into any kinds of scans. I am glad she has scans coming up on June 3. Anyways, I still didn't feel better about it last night. But...this morning she looks so much better and no fever! So, yes, she probably did have some kind of virus causing the fever. Good! She still complains of the tummy ache, so I am back to treating that the best I can.

After a hard day of taking Kelby to doctors, I came to Gramma Debbie's house. She so kindly took care of Tegan for me while I did all that. (Thank you so much!) I was holding Tegan and I looked at her back and she has some kind of strange skin thing. She has four large round sores on the small of the back. So, I suppose I should go back to the doctor one more time. Can you believe it?

Needless to say, yesterday was a hard day on me. I got to talk to Maureen, the oncology social worker, a bit, and she was helpful. I cried a lot. It is just so hard to not know what will happen to Kelby. Everything seems like is could be a cancer problem. I also wonder what it will be like when it does come back. Lynn (our oncology nurse) said it would be a long, slow downhill process. That sounds very scary. I am still so concerned with the constipation problem, and no one can understand that part. The pain she has from that is so major, and it seems to be dismissed by new food suggestions...that don't really help with a picky toodler. I quit giving her the mineral oil while she was sick because she kept having a tiny leak of diarrea, so I thought it would just make her more sick. We'll get back to that now and see if that helps...it did before.

Kelby is feeling better today, so I am too. We are still heading to Billings tonight. I think that Kelby is feeling up to it now, and I just can't wait to see my brother and sister...and everybody.