2025…Here We Go!
Well, 2025 is off and running isn’t it🤣
We are very grateful that Hutton could stay healthy enough to spend Christmas and New Year’s at home. Because trying to rush to the emergency room during that time did not sound like a good time. We were concerned about New Year’s since that was after her 3 Day Chemo treatment because as we have said before that is the hardest on her little body.
She was able to make it through the new year doing well but having issues with food tasting good (which always happens after her 3 days). Other than that no real problems. So, on Thursday, Steph took her in for her labs to check her levels. The tests showed they were low, but what the doctors were more concerned about is there were no platelet numbers. So another lab was ordered for Friday. Hutton did an amazing job dealing with getting “poked” twice in two days. Unfortunately, her numbers had gone down, so off to UCLA to get platelets. Since I was at work, Steph and her mom took her up to UCLA for a platelet transfusion. While up there they took her temperature which was 100.1º which technically isn’t a fever but because her numbers were so low it could cause a serious issue without warning. Now here is where the adventure begins:
With the temperature they wanted to admit Hutton for IV Fluids and antibiotics as well as a blood transfusion, but there were no beds available at UCLA in Westwood so they transferred Hutton (and Steph) by ambulance to UCLA Santa Monica. At this time Steph’s mom took her car and returned home, while I got off work, went home, gathered all our hospital stuff, and headed up to meet them.
Hutton was in good spirits and received her transfusion. More importantly, she was able to finally watch Mufasa 🤣
As we were preparing to go to bed, we were told that a bed opened up back at our UCLA Westwood so they would be transporting her back for the remainder of her stay so she could stay under “her team”. Transport arrived around 2:30 am and we were in a room by 3:30 am. Luckily Hutton was already asleep and pretty out of it for that entire time.
Labs this morning have shown a slight improvement in her numbers and she hasn’t had a fever over 100 since last night. All good things! And on that positive note, we got our favorite hospital room when we came back to Westwood! Yes, that may sound weird, but when you spend as much time as we have in the hospital staying in all the different rooms, you find one that you like. We were also joking with the nursing staff about how being at a different facility felt weird and we felt like we were back “home” once we came back to Westwood.
Hutton has a big week ahead of her with an appointment to meet with her surgeon on Monday(not sure if we will still be here or have to drive back up that morning), she gets re-admitted on Thursday for her 5-Day Chemo treatment and ends that visit with a PET Scan. Please pray that she continues to stay in good spirits during this long week. She has been putting on a brave face and staying resilient and strong, but it has definitely been taking its toll on her.
Thank you all for your love, prayers, and support.
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