Home at last! Kayleigh ended up being admitted Sunday night after spending 7+ hours in the ER. Her fever just wouldn't go away and she had developed severe headaches that made her slur her speech, talk slowly, and become dizzy. Kayleigh was at the hospital from Sunday through 9:00pm Tuesday night. Poor thing, she wouldn't eat or hardly drink. Her personality was not the sweet, polite young lady we all know and love. It's really difficult sometimes for me when she's like this because we have a very loving, caring relationship as a mother and daughter should have. It seems to be me that she takes everything out on which breaks my heart. From talking in a very mean way, to sticking her tongue out, to pinching, I get it all and these are not things she would have ever dreamed of doing in the past. I know it's not her doing these things, but this nasty disease testing me.
The doctors did many cultures on her blood and other bodily fluids, a CT scan, and an MRI. They never really said what they were looking for, Jason and I could only speculate it was a brain tumor or more cancer. Of course we were thinking the worse, as it's hard not to at times. Fortunately, the CT scan and MRI were both clear and showed NOTHING in the brain. The MRI did show some sinusitis and a fluid showed that she does have a nasty virus, causing the fevers and upset stomach. The doctors determined that the severe headaches were a result of the lumbar puncture she had last Thursday. You can't imagine how much pain she was in, well maybe if you suffer from migraines. She couldn't hardly move and she'd get horrible pains in her forehead that made her dizzy and caused nausea. Her eyesight was also blurry and she was sensitive to light. We just felt so bad for her. Just to think that this was suppose to be the "laid back" phase of her treatments. We can only hope we can keep her virus and illness free for the remainder of her treatments. That will be easier said than done, that's for sure!
No comments:
Post a Comment