Update 9/27 :: Don't make plans for the weekend

UPDATE 4pm: ok folks, we need some prayer. Imogen's fever has jumped up to 104. They don't want to give her Motrin because it decimates her cell counts, so we're in rock-and-hard-place mode. We need this fever to drop.

Last night, we had a little bit of an episode, and Imogen's fever went pretty high again.  At around 4am, the nurse came in to get blood cultures. They can often do it without her even waking up, but she woke up pretty ticked.  She cried a bit and vomited, saying that it was hurting her, that her stomach was hurting her.  Part of the problem was the time in the morning, but she was pretty hot as well.

The rest of the night, or what was left of it, went well.  Her fever broke and has not come back, and it looks like neither a blood nor platelet transfusion is necessary at this time!  While that's great news, it doesn't mean we get to leave quite yet.

The cultures still came back negative for bacterial infection, but Imm's white blood cell counts are very, very low. The plan moving forward is that we will be here until Saturday, maybe Sunday, as Imogen is monitored. Basically, we don't get to go home until Imm's counts go back up.  And until that time, she is prone to fevers.

Thanks again for the prayers. She has had a pretty wonderful morning, actually.  She had a craving for strawberry yogurt, and has been playing with dolls and crafts since then.  We're just watching and waiting.  Pray that her counts bounce back, and she doesn't get fevers along the way.