Maddy and Mom arrived at our Spring Break destination at 10 AM today. After getting "checked in" to our room at the St. Vincent's Resort, we waited and waited for blood work to come back. Maddy slept most of the day with only the occasional outburst. Finally, around 5 PM, the nurse started her chemo treatment. Maddy continued to sleep most of the time (must be the jet lag), but would wake up very unhappy and would let us know it. Dad and Julia arrived in time to witness this. At one point, we had two residents at our door peaking in to see if everything was okay. They looked scared!!! : ) With a little help from what we will call her "happy medicine", Maddy is now resting peacefully and isn't quite so agitated. We have one out of four treatments done! Maddy's immune system is way low and getting lower. As a result, we have a lovely 3 ft. tall Heppa Filter system in our room (we had to pay extra for that) to clean the air and a "Protective Isolation" sign on the door (St. V's version of "Do Not Disturb").
That's it for today. We are not sure what we are going to do tomorrow- maybe lay out by the pool!
Thinking of all of you! I know it's not the Ritz Carlton or an all-inclusive in the Caribbean. Tell those "flight attendants" and "concierges" to take good care of that sweet little patient! Wishing sunnier days your way!
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Oh Dorothy and Russ, Maddy and Julia,
ReplyDeleteWhat a Spring Break! Glad you are creative and can find some humor in all of this! Hope you and Maddy can get some rest this weekend. Maddy has plenty to be agitated about ---- hopefully they will not run of of 'happy juice' and she will think she is in a fancy resort. Hang in there! Lots of people care and are praying, praying, praying. Talk to you soon! Love, Cindy
Wow, what a crappy start to your "spring break!" Glad they were able to help Maddy out with some "happy juice." Keep it coming! Can't say that I blame Maddy though. She has been through so much and it just keeps coming at her. Hang in there Maddy! You are a very brave girl and all of your friends are pulling for you. Did you know that we have sold over 700 "ABC 4 Maddy" shirts already? Half of the town of Archbold is going to be wearing YOUR shirt.
ReplyDeleteHang in there Maddy, Dorothy, Russ and Julia. Praying......
Love you guys,
Deb