Back in the Hospital

Well, Abby has been back in the hospital since Monday evening. She spiked a fever again on Monday afternoon. It was up to 101.3 when I took it at home, but by the time we made it to the ER, it was down to 100.2 and down to 98.8 when we got up to the room. Her white blood cell count was high, which could either mean infection or it is the Neulasta working. It is probably the Neulasta because she's not neutropenic and her counts are good. She will hopefully get out today because she was fever free all day yesterday.

Yesterday was actually a really good day for Abby. For the first time ever, she actually wanted to go to Camp Wannaplay and they had to kick her out because they were closing. It was wonderful to see her playing and having fun.

Yesterday also saw our first eye appointment. She did great and was even playing with the doctor until it came time for the actual exam. The eye itself looks good, but they still don't know if she has vision in her right eye. We are supposed to patch her left eye for 1-2 hours a day and see what she does. They said she may open her right eye more or move her head to try and look out of it if she does have vision. If she doesn't do either of those, then she either doesn't have vision or she's simply not able to open that eyelid enough to see out of it. We go back next Tuesday for a follow-up.

Today Abby has her MRI to go along with her 20th radiation treatment. We're excited to see how the tumor has changed because it definitely seems to us that it is shrinking. It will probably be Friday at clinic before we get any results.