Tuesday morning!

Good morning, everyone!

Grant and Kevin are still sleeping. Its 7:30 am, so things will start booming around this place pretty soon.

The good news is that we had no fevers over night. He had gone all day yesterday with only a low grade temp, but then around supper time spiked another 101.6. They gave him more Tylenol and the fever went away very quickly. I told them that he is very prone to dinner time fevers. I think that his body just gets tired by that time of day!

So far all of his blood and urine cultures have come back negative for bacteria, which is wonderful. We are here for at least another day so that the cultures can be tested again at 48 hours. Unfortunately, if Grant gets another fever today, they will have to re-draw cultures again and start the 48 hours over! This is rotten on two accounts - having to stay another couple of days, and having to get stuck in the arm again! So, we are praying for no more fever!

I visited with Colby's mom for a little while last night. He has been here for almost 3 weeks now, waiting for his ANC to come up. As of yesterday it was still 0.0. He has done some heavy rounds of Ara-C this month, and his white blood cells can't seem to recover. Today, if Grant is fever-free, we will mask him up and let him walk next door to visit!

Michael should also be back today. He will do a spinal this morning in the clinic and then be admitted for the same Ara-C treatment that has kept Colby here so long!

There is also another young man on the floor who is a member of the church from Garner. His brother, Mike Creasy was was in the singles group at NC State at the same time that we Hancock girls were at ECU. We will go and meet him today... I think his name is John. He is about a month behind Grant in treatment, and has been in-patient for at least the last week. We have spoken with his mom and sister in clinic before, not realizing our connection.

Our favorite part of this trip has been that Dr. Romano is back! She had been on rounds at Wake Med for the past 2 months, so we haven't seen her in a while. She visited several times yesterday, and last night her sweet husband Jake went to Walmart and got Grant some Lincoln Logs and a Happy Meal! Grant was in heaven! He had wanted to go upstairs and play in the playroom all day, but had to stay on the 5th floor because of his fever. The only toy he really wanted to play with was the set of Lincoln Logs, so Jake took care of that wish!

In a strange way, we are very comfortable up here! When we got here in the middle of the night it was kind of like getting home after a long ride. We know everyone, and know where everything is. We are also lucky to be right across the hall from the pantry, so we are hooked up! So, don't worry about us. We are on a semi-vacation!!!!

I will update more later on. Grant wouldn't let me get on the computer last night. He was too busy playing games, and I fell asleep while waiting for my turn!!!

Love to you all!