So she went all day yesterday without eating anything! She still had only the itsy bitsy bowel movement as well. Last night she was able to sleep in her own bed, which was nice. She still woke up a few times crying and fussing but for the most part was not too loud or long and she was able to calm herself. I did find her on my floor this morning again though. She was feeling good this morning. She ate some breakfast. She also had diarrhea all morning. Fun times! It seems she was not constipated after all. Her stomach has probably just been hurting due to the chemo and there really isn't anything we can do about that.
The kids and I left for the hospital and it was pretty busy this morning. Every time we go, they need to access her port for all the meds and for blood work. Well, they have to stick a needle in it to do that... they gave us this numbing cream to put on her before each visit so that it doesn't hurt so much. Well, I forgot about the cream this morning. Bad mommy! There are so many things to remember to do, ergh. But they used a numbing spray to help, even though it is not as effective. Taylor hates them accessing her port. It hurts. Poor thing! It took a while to get in a room and then after telling the Doc all about how Taylor is doing, they decided they need to get an xray of the tummy to make sure nothing is going on. So we had to go downstairs for a bit to get that. We were in and out of the xray room in like 20 min and back upstairs. We had more waiting around and then they let us know all her labs and reports came back fine and that nothing was obstructing her stomach. Though she did have a lot of gas. They said the miralax should be stopped and that it was probably causing the gas since she had so much yesterday. Finally it was chemo time, and that hour went by pretty fast. About maybe 20 min into it, Taylor started complaining about her tummy hurting. That seems like confirmation of the chemo making her tummy hurt. But other than a complaint here or there, she did great. While we were there the kids and I played 3 games of candy land, watched some volunteers do a science experiment, played other games, (I) caught up on words with friends, and they watched tv. The Doc gave us a real prescription for the magic mouthwash and some pain medicine. Those will come in handy. By the time we were done, it was 1:40 and we were starving for lunch. So we grabbed some food in the food court. Taylor also ate snack and a little bit of lunch today. So that is good. And then we were off.
She is still complaining of her tummy here and there. She ate a small dinner and played and watched tv. Soon after she went to bed, she was awake crying again. Ugh, I was hoping she would be okay tonight. We gave her the nausea medicine this morning and this afternoon. So she has not thrown up at all, which is good. This waking up thing is so weird. it is almost like she keept having nightmares. She starts screaming out something and crying and moaning and wiggling. Sometimes even scratching her legs or something. Sort of like she is hurt and/or scared or all itchy or something. Sometimes it is small outburts, and other times big outburts. Sometimes it us just really quick and others long and drawn out where I need to tend to her. It is not fun for anyone... poor thing. I can't imagine what she feels like. Once again, I moved her to my bed to spare the other girls from being awakened.
All in all, things are okay. We are making it through everything without major problems. Hopefully this week is less eventful than last.
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