Around 3:30 Monday morning, Ambrosia woke up. She usually wakes up around this time so it wasn't anything new. I got up to nurse her and she was really fussy and didn't want to latch for some reason. The nurse came in to draw blood from her for labs from her line and was able to do so. Ambrosia was still fussy, so I moved her to the opposite side and I noticed there was bleeding at her chest line site. I called for the nurse and she got x-ray to come to the room to check the placement of her line. It had in fact moved from where it was supposed to be. I don't know if during the night Ambrosia had rolled over and tugged on the line or when I picked her up to nurse her if I tugged on it some, but it now has to be replaced.
The nurses that were going to be collecting her stem cells came around 10 am. It took awhile to get started as things they had requested be done hadn't been done yet. They got her hooked up to the machine but they needed her to be still so the machine could do its job. They gave her 4 different medicines to help make her sleepy and she STILL wouldn't go to sleep. I ended up having to nurse her to sleep. From there she stayed in my lap until the process was over. The process didn't take as long as they originally told me as they could only take so much from her. Once they reached that level they had to stop. Later in the afternoon, we were told they were able to collect enough for two transplants but they wanted to have a little extra as back up. So they are back this morning to collect more from her.
Last night after getting Braeden from school, we all went to the family room to play some games. After Wes got here, we went back to our room and Wes noticed a little blood on her line. I thought it was from earlier and just hadn't been wiped up. Wes and Braeden left and I took a closer look at Ambrosia. Her chest line had completely come out on it's own. She was bleeding again but not a lot. I told her nurse and we put pressure on the entry site for a good 15 to 20 minutes to make sure the bleeding stopped. Surgery was notified and so was the resident. They all came to look at her and said to just watch for more bleeding but they wouldn't replace it until Wednesday when it was already scheduled to be replaced.
Tomorrow, her line will be replaced and then she will be starting her next round of chemo. So we will be here in the hospital at least through the rest of this week. Her chemo this time is only 3 days and then we will hopefully be home for a couple of weeks. Dr. Cheerva promised to do everything she could to make sure we were home for Christmas. As long as we don't have any issues happen after we return home that should be the case.
Here she is waiting for them to get started this morning. She has a diaper wrapped around her right hand to keep her from pulling on the lines in her neck. We don't want any more issues with lines coming out! She also has a board taped to both arms to kind of limit her mobility again to help keep her from pulling on the line. It doesn't bother her one bit and she is playing like normal!
Here is a website about the stem cell collection: http://www.lymphomainfo.net/therapy/transplants/stemcell.html
The nurses that were going to be collecting her stem cells came around 10 am. It took awhile to get started as things they had requested be done hadn't been done yet. They got her hooked up to the machine but they needed her to be still so the machine could do its job. They gave her 4 different medicines to help make her sleepy and she STILL wouldn't go to sleep. I ended up having to nurse her to sleep. From there she stayed in my lap until the process was over. The process didn't take as long as they originally told me as they could only take so much from her. Once they reached that level they had to stop. Later in the afternoon, we were told they were able to collect enough for two transplants but they wanted to have a little extra as back up. So they are back this morning to collect more from her.
Last night after getting Braeden from school, we all went to the family room to play some games. After Wes got here, we went back to our room and Wes noticed a little blood on her line. I thought it was from earlier and just hadn't been wiped up. Wes and Braeden left and I took a closer look at Ambrosia. Her chest line had completely come out on it's own. She was bleeding again but not a lot. I told her nurse and we put pressure on the entry site for a good 15 to 20 minutes to make sure the bleeding stopped. Surgery was notified and so was the resident. They all came to look at her and said to just watch for more bleeding but they wouldn't replace it until Wednesday when it was already scheduled to be replaced.
Tomorrow, her line will be replaced and then she will be starting her next round of chemo. So we will be here in the hospital at least through the rest of this week. Her chemo this time is only 3 days and then we will hopefully be home for a couple of weeks. Dr. Cheerva promised to do everything she could to make sure we were home for Christmas. As long as we don't have any issues happen after we return home that should be the case.
Here she is waiting for them to get started this morning. She has a diaper wrapped around her right hand to keep her from pulling on the lines in her neck. We don't want any more issues with lines coming out! She also has a board taped to both arms to kind of limit her mobility again to help keep her from pulling on the line. It doesn't bother her one bit and she is playing like normal!
Here is a website about the stem cell collection: http://www.lymphomainfo.net/therapy/transplants/stemcell.html
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