Finally some numbers in our favor

Emily is doing better and we are starting to have more of an idea of the things causing her symptoms. Her pulse has slowed after her transfusion, she was very anemic and that seems to have made things better. Her temp is 36.6 (which is normal) and has been for 16 hours or so. She is not taking any tylenol per the Doctors order to see if she really doesn't have a fever or if the Tylenol was masking it. But she hasn't had Tylenol or Codeine since 6am and no fever ! They are fairly certain that the leg pain is from withdraw from Dexamethasone, or favorite chemo drug that keeps on giving. She is neutropenic because it is 13 days after her last dose of Doxerubicin and day 14 you expect to see it at full effect, so that explains why she is neutropenic. She was admitted with an ANC in the 250's, and at her last blood draw Tracy calulates it in the low 400's. Emily would need to be at least 500 to be allowed to leave the hospital, we stay until that happens. Also note, Tracy is not an Oncology nurse and calculating ANC is not trivial, so that number may change, once we see an actual Oncologist. (just kidding they are very accessable to us, we just don't need to know so we are waiting.) She also had a slight improvement in White blood cells, which means her marrow is at least doing something.

All in all the symptoms are explained at least. Tomorrow we should get results of the blood and urine cultures from the ER visit to see what exactly this infection is, and if we can treat it with a more appropriate antibiotic. Right now she is on a kill all antibiotic and it's most likely working, it seems to be from these lab results.

We aren't in the clear, but have a better idea of whats up here.

Emily is feeling OK, super depresed about being back in the hospital, but she remains her positive self dealing with this like a real champ. Let's all hope her ANC spikes up soon.