Hospital Times Two

It's only Tuesday and this has already been one of the worst weeks ever. Yesterday around lunch my mother was taken to the ER with chest pains, trouble breathing, vomiting, and extreme back and leg pain. She was given oxygen and a morphine drip and the ER doctors thought she was on the verge of having a heart attack. After consultations with her cardiologist and hematologist, she released herself and went to suffer in the privacy of her own home. This morning her cardiologist told her it wasn't her heart and to go see her GP and/or hematologist. They both agreed she was fighting off a major infection as her white blood count was only .9 (yes, less than 1) and she was extremely dehydrated. Aside from giving her painkillers and antibiotics, no one is doing anything for her despite the fact she can barely breathe and has trouble moving at all.

As if that wasn't enough to worry about, Maison had an appointment with the GI specialist at Children's hospital today. Normally I would have cancelled, given my mother's condition, but it took us 3 months to get in and see this doctor so I didn't want to chance rescheduling. Good news is he agreed Maison's current stomach issues may be due to a soy intolerance as our pediatrician thought. Bad news is he thinks she's extremely underweight for her age and height and wants her on a weight gain diet. He has referred us to a dietitian at Children's who will be assisting us in working more calories into Maison's diet. So far it seems we need to give Maison pretty much anything someone on a diet would not eat. Cream sauces, extra dressing, mayo on sandwiches, mass amounts of peanut butter. Hope this lady has tips on how to get her to eat it!