Miss Brooke still isn't feeling well so I stayed home again with her today. My poor baby girl!! Mike is keeping her tomorrow, respite on Thursday and Nanny on Friday. With severe neutropenia it's twice as hard to fight off things but as of right now, she is somewhat perkier than she's been the past 3 days. Her nose is still running, she's complaining of her stomach hurting, she says she has reflux and still has loose bowels so we're far from well, but hopefully on the way to weller. It's pretty miserable stuff whatever it is! My goal today was to keep her hydrated and to get some food in her. Accomplished. (I think?) I got her to eat at lunch, she ate a snack she wanted and just ate some chicken and rice. I even have her drinking a little bit of gatorade, which is a big feat itself! Brooke is the root beer kid. Queen Root Beer! She loves the stuff, and I don't mind her drinking it because she needs to drink something, but I am trying to get her to alternate root beer with "at least" half a cup of gatorade every now and then. We'll see how that goes.
Mike just gave Brooke her nightly shots of Lovenox, and she cried big crocodile tears like she usually does. But tonight, she just happened to have her doctors kit on the couch beside her so we had her give US shots in our bellies. She thought that was pretty neat. And yes, she laughed. What a good sport! So forgiving. This is another one of those "life lessons" I talk about her teaching us!
Please continue to pray for Brooke and for added ability to fight this stuff and a quick return to good health. Pray for Mike and I; for strength in caring for her. It's tiring. Thank you all for the friendship!
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