Things Were Going So Well....

Things were going well until this morning. Katie slept late which wasn't surprising since she wouldn't sleep alone last night and we don't always make the best sleeping companions. Josh and I headed off to the barn to await the arrival of the vet and Amy crawled into bed with Katie to read her some morning stories and get her moving. They were going to go to Fletcher Allen for some chemotherapy today while we were working with the horses.

Unfortunately, while on the way to Burlington, Katie developed a fever. It did not subside at the hospital during the first couple of hours that she was there and her blood tests indicated that she might have an infection of some kind. All of her blood counts are up after her last transfusion except for her white count which is still lower. The fever and the still dropping white count have the doctors concerned enough that Katie will be spending the rest of her vacation in the hospital.

Josh and I have canceled our camping trip and are packing some things and heading to Fletcher Allen shortly to bring Amy and Katie some clothes and other necessities. We will be visiting my brother while we are down there so that Josh can have a chance to play with his cousins, Kyler and Eric again. My cell phone isn't working since it went through the wash yesterday. Amy's cell phone is working, but she left the charger here when she left this morning so she is only turning it on to make calls and check messages. I'm bringing a charger with me so her phone will be on full time again as soon as I get there. I will either update the blog again later tonight or tomorrow morning depending on whether we have any more information at that time.