Taylor did really well for almost a couple weeks. She left the hospital on the 4th with counts in the 600's. She got her counts checked by home health while she was home. On Fri the 9th her NG tube got clogged up and we had to take it out. We tried to get it replaced on Mon through home health but they had the wrong size tube (they also didnt have the needle to access her port so they had to poke her arm to get her counts, that was not fun). She went ahead and put it in, which was not fun either since it was bigger than usual, but that night we found it not working (all that trauma for nothing). Her counts came back that day in the 200's so we have to keep an eye on her and keep her away from people. The next day we pulled out the NG tube and found there was a kink in the bottom of the tube. So she went without feedings for quite a while.
Then, Thurs the 15th she got a fever around lunch time, right before home health was scheduled to come. She was at 101.3 and since she had low counts, we had to being her right to the clinic and they ended up admitting her that day. Her weight was down a bit and we don't like that. They gave her antibiotics, replaced her NG tube and watched her fever. The fever went away that day and never came back. They gave her some more of the injections for WBC growth since she will be having chemo this week and they sent her back home Sat afternoon with her counts up over 2000. We were glad it was a short trip, but it is still crazy that a fever warrants a 2 day hospital stay. Since being home she has done really well. Her feedings are going well and she is even eating some here and there. She has even gone on the potty a few times :) She is sleeping well and playing and being her normal self.
Home health just came today so we are waiting to get those results to see if they are still up and good.
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