Counts Improving but Staying At Least Tonight

It has been one of those days. I (Mommy) have not felt well all day. I've be nauseous all day and just not well. I've tried to sleep as much as possible, but it hasn't helped much. Grandma M came down and has been helping to keep Rebekah entertained - which has been great. Grandma C had offered as well. I just feel like I need a week to just sleep and do nothing else. Oh how I wish that were possible.

Rebekah's counts are up today, so she seems to have turned the corner. Her White Blood Count was 1.2 today (from 0.3 yesterday). She really needs the White Blood cells to help her fight the fevers and help her mouth to heal. We still want to see more of an increase before heading home, so we will be here for at least one more night.

Rebekah has been a little more active today, which is an improvement, too.

When her mouth is sore like this, she does not open it for anything. She's not eating, drinking or taking any of her medications by mouth or using her verbal skills much. She WILL NOT open her mouth for the doctor (or nurse or mom) to look. Yesterday, we had to force her to open and it was clearly sore. Otherwise she just clenches it closed.

Last night, Rebekah wasn't doing real well with her nutrition. She got herself worked up and threw up a couple of times - not much volume but still a bit of a mess. Then, at about 3 this morning she coughed and caused herself to throw up. This time, it was a bigger volume and we stopped her food for a while. We are still diluting it some with PediaLyte, but it is only about 1/4 PediaLyte.

Rebekah's temperature has stayed down. It is still a little higher than normal, but hasn't been getting real close to "fever". That is a good thing. With her white counts improving, she should be getting better.

Her blood cultures and stool cultures have all come back clear. There was no sign of C.Diff in her stool, so that is good. She is still having diarrhea, which is expected with the antibiotics, but no fun to deal with.