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Tuesday, July 8th:

July 8th, 2008 Posted in Daily News Post

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…  Today was one of our worst days!  Chloe woke up nauseous, feverish and in pain and it has gone down hill all day.  We did pretty well keeping ahead of everything until about 12:30 noon when she threw up her feeding tube again.  Her temp was 100.4.  We got her calmed down and called the doctor.  They were pretty busy but said they would work us in. 

At the doctor’s office she continued the nausea and her pain went up.  When we finally were able to get the nausea medicine in her she was in a lot of head pain.  So much pain that she vomited hard.  Then next medicine came as “by mouth” medicine.  This wasn’t going to work so we had to get it reordered to go in her Pic line.  This was to calm her down for the tube insertion.   

The meds were administered and the tube procedure started.  There were problems from the start.  The tube wasn’t cooperating and kept trying to loop the wrong way.  We gave her a break as she had a sneezing fit.  The next effort got results.  The tube went down and the vomit came up, fast.  The tube stayed in place and true to form Chloe apologized to the nurse for getting sick. 

We waited about 20 minutes before bringing her home.  The ride was uneventful as she slept the whole way, all of about 15 minutes. 

At home she was hot.  She also exhibited the same problems as the rest of the day.  Then about 7:30 pm she needed Tylenol.  It’s too thick to go down the tube so we asked her to try to get some in her.  She gave us a very suspicious look but tried.  She got about half down, took a drink of water and threw it all up, including the tube again.  We decided she wasn’t going through that again tonight and that we would get some dissolving Tylenol for her.   

As we cleaned her up she told Dana “You do too much for me.”  This tore Dana apart.  She was wiped out from the previous part of the day but this totally destroyed her.     

I went to the store and got the Tylenol and when I walked in the house Dana was on the phone with Dr. Noorwood.  Chloe had a shooting chest spasm while I was away.  The doctor calmed Dana a bit and told her what she needed to watch for.  We will be bringing her to the hospital tomorrow morning.  In the mean time, while I’m over here writing this and taking care of my house and Kitty, she has 911 dialed up and ready to go.  I’ll be back there before midnight to handle any transportation that might be needed.  I think it’s going to be a pretty sleepless night. 

What can you do?  I haven’t a clue.  I know Karen from Celebration Church is getting with people to see what they would be willing to do.  If you need to get in touch with her you can send me an email @ ronhorton21@msn.com.  I’m just not sure what we will be in need of.  We are still trying to figure all that out.  For now I’d say it’s in your court.  If you want to help anyone in the family in your own way I’d say go for it.  Nothing is organized at this point in time.  Trying to figure out the logistics and the right thing to do is mind-boggling.   

All of this is so back seat to the care of Chloe right now that we are having a hard time thinking about it.   

So pray for Chloe, but let me tell you this.  I’ve been living with seeing a Mom torn apart.  She is as strong as anyone could be in this battle.  Tonight was as low as I’ve seen her since the news of the tumor.  She just doesn’t know what to do, why this is happening, how to give Chloe hope, how to continue.  Pray for Dana.  She needs your prayers. 

Come five minutes from now Mama Loon will be back in the game, at full throttle.  She hasn’t let up for one minute.  She has never taken anything for granted.  She has not once believed that we are home free.  She is fully aware of the seriousness of this situation and is in 100% Chloe protection mode.  That’s all that matters to her.  I’m not saying others aren’t concerned and involved, they are.  What I am saying is that I’ve seen and felt this unconditional commitment by Dana, fully, as only a Mama could give.   

Blessings, Ron.