Day 7 - Cycle 2

Tuesday, October 8th

Today was a roller coaster kind of day full of ups and downs. Avery was sick more than usual having about 5-6 episodes of vomiting. Her methotrexate level was .13 which means we have to stay one more night(clearance is less than .1).

Thankfully, we were able to sprinkle in some fun in between the bouts of sickness. She made buttons with Smile-A-Mile. She went to teddy bear clinic and received a new stuffed puppy to practice medicine on. We won another puppy at the claw machine, and we even threw in a game of air hockey. The highlight of her day, though, was loving on her new friends Angus and Olive:)

Meet Angus

Meet Olive

Meet Buddy

All of the fun and the previous days had taken a toll, so she slept the majority of the evening. As she and I were getting ready to move from the couch to her bed for the night, some of her tubing got caught and pulled on her port. It was pulled out enough that the fluids she was receiving began running down her shirt. They tried to flush it which confirmed that it was no longer in there properly which meant they had to replace the external line(noodle). This would have happened tomorrow anyway since we were going home, but it was a traumatic way to have it done(especially at midnight).

We share the happy, fun, smiling pictures because that's what we hope she remembers one day...it's what we hope to remember as well. But, it is so incredibly difficult to watch your baby suffer. It is something that no one, let alone a child, should ever have to endure.

Please continue to pray for our sweet girl!