by James & Shannon | Jul 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hurricane Beryl hit us this morning. We couldn’t see much from the hospital window other than lots of rain blowing sideways. It wasn’t until our boys sent us pics of the back yard that I realized it was a pretty significant storm. Parts of our fence fell...
by James & Shannon | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Shannon had a fever this evening of 102.5 °F. The nurse gave her Tylenol and it dropped to 100.9 °F. The doctor ordered blood cultures x2 and also started her on 2 IV antibiotics (Vancomycin and Cefepime). They’re also doing a urine culture. These cultures are...
by James & Shannon | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Shannon had a rough night. Her pain is increasing as the lymph nodes increase in size. To me it feels like there’s also a lot of swelling and inflammation around the lymph nodes in her neck. Her attending prescribed a powerful IV pain medication that she can...
by James & Shannon | Jul 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Shannon’s pain worsend last night. The pain is not just in her right collar bone area, but is also radiating to her neck. Injectable anti-inflammatory meds are working best so far. Shannon has been holding off on eating anything until we find out if surgery can...
by James & Shannon | Jul 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Hematology/Oncology resident stopped by early this morning to check on Shannon. No biopsy results, no news yet.Shannon had Chic-fil-A for breakfast. Around noon, the attending Dr G stopped by. She looked over available results but no pathology results back...
