The last blog I forgot to give everyone an update on Ryley. He got his first hockey goal of the year on Sunday night. Of course this was the first game that Dad missed this year as he was attending a Scout meeting and Mom was taking Karlee to the bathroom. He seems to have forgiven us and is still revelling in his first goal.
Tuesday we got an e-mail from Jo asking us to bring Karlee in on Friday to see where her numbers are and to, hopefully, continue treatment. We asked if we could bring her to the lab on Thursday and get her CBC done and come to the hospital on Friday only if she is able to start treatment. Since Karlee needs to have a lumbar puncture (and needs to be put under) we don’t want her to fast until they decide if she can start treatment.
So it looks like Thursday is now on hold as Karlee was up at the clinic today for a CBC and some IV antibiotics. Tuesday night Karlee was up just before midnight vomiting and complaining about her tummy not feeling good. She wasn’t up for too long, but didn’t have the best nights sleep. She was up a couple of times and just didn’t seem to be comfortable most of the night. Wednesday morning she stayed home with Dad since Mom was doing the bus run and then was going into Ryley’s school for home reading. She was a little warm most of the morning and a couple of times was running a fever. We called Jo around noon and finally go through to her about 1. We were instructed to bring her up just to get everything checked out and make sure she was ok.
While Mom was talking to Jo we were also talking to a reporter with the Calgary Herald. They want to do a story about the Skate-A-Thon for Karlee and the KCCFA. Dad spent about 30 minutes talking to the reporter on the phone and gave her some other people to talk to and sent her a few photos of the team and Karlee. The Skate-A-Thon is looking to be a huge success and will be a fun time for everyone. There is still room for more skaters so if anyone is interested let me know and I will put you in contact with the correct people. We are also still looking for prizes for both kids and adults. Again if you can help with that drop me an e-mail at ronlewis@telusplanet.net. Ryley is still looking for pledges so it you are interested you can drop of cash or cheques to us or give us a call and we can pick them up. It is sounding like there are going to be some great door prizes or bucket draws so hopefully lots of people can come out on February 27th at 3:15 –4:15 at the South Calgary Rec Centre.
Karlee and Mom were up at the hospital on the unit this afternoon and got her CBC and some IV antibiotics. Her counts are looking better, but are starting to get too high which can mean other things. We have seen her counts spike before and they have gone down again rapidly so hopefully this is another short abnormality. The unit is on lock down right now due to some of the stuff that is going around. That means that only one parent is allowed in and everyone has to stay in their rooms. Fortunately they were out of the unit just after pizza time and didn’t have to deal with the restrictions for too long. Ryley had a great workout tonight at Skillz with his hockey team.
After the last blog entry with all the links and other interesting information I was given more information about another great cycling fund raiser this summer. The KCCFA has their own tour which is one of very few allowed on the Icefield highway. This tour is also stopping at Camp Kindle this summer for one of the nights of camping. This is a great event with 100% of the money raised going to the KCCFA. Check out www.tourforkids.ca for more information.
Tomorrow Dad is going to take Karlee up for an assessment and maybe another dose of IV antibiotics. They should also let us know if we are going to start treatment on Friday or Tuesday. Hopefully we have a nice quick day tomorrow and are home in lots of time for Mom to go to Yoga and relax.
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