April 9, 2012 – Our New Update

Well never let it be said that we do not keep the medical field going.  Our daughter was diagnosed with mono last week and went to the university health service for a follow up checkup and they called and ambulance to take her to the ER.  Turns out she was a little dizzy from being dehydrated.  (I would have inserted a remark about the dizzy but she is my daughter).  Apparently ‘sit here and drink this gallon of water was way to low tech.  She did get 2 bags of fluid and then started urinating. She was home this weekend and saw our doctor who thought that it is mono but is running another more accurate test to confirm the mono.

As far as Margaret is concerned, her poop test came back positive for norovirus (aka cruise ship virus)which is the source of her… well…. let’s just say digestive issues.  They think she was just getting to the point of getting better and then the boat load of prednisone (steroid) came marching back for her next chemo cycle.  For normal people (insert joke here) it only lasts for a couple of days but since she is immunocompromised from the antirejection meds and the chemo, well she is just messed up.  At this point it seems to be getting better so maybe it is getting close to being over, everyone would appreciate that.  I still want to know when she had time to go on a cruise 'cause nobody asked me if I wanted to go, kinda glad I didn't though.

That is all we got for now, thanks!