Fever continues

Jordan is still at the hospital because she is running a fever. Dr. Tebbi came in this morning and said she is getting sores in the back of her throat. Dr. Tebbi is certain that she was throwing up blood because she has sores in her esophagus, throat and maybe her stomach.

At least we now know why she was throwing up blood.

Jordan had Miriam again today as her day nurse. She’s not real crazy about Miriam. Miriam doesn’t have a lot of bedside manner. Jordan is used to the nurses being very sensitive to her and making sure she’s okay. Miriam is more the type that is all business. She does what needs to be done, but doesn’t go any further to talk with Jordan. Jordan is hoping that Tylee will be her nurse again tomorrow.

She had Dana as her night nurse tonight. Dana was new to us, but told us she was very excited to be taking care of Jordan. She had heard many nice things about Jordan, especially that she is an easy patient. I imagine they get all kinds of patients here and the little ones are terrified of the nurses, so they make their jobs tough. They squeeze their eyes shut because they don’t want eye drops, etc.

A new patient named Courtney came in on Friday (I think). She is next door to Jordan. She is 13 years old and has Lymphoma. I hope her and Jordan strike up a friendship, so they each have someone to talk to besides their parents.

I was walking back from the kitchen area today and a new boy was on the floor. He had on handcuffs and leg shackles and was walking around with two guards. Tylee said he is a juvenile offender and he’s here for treatment, just like the other kids. I never really thought about what kids would do for treatment if they were in a juvenile detention facility – I guess I know now. They come to the hospital too, but with guards.

By the end of the day Jordan noticed sores popping up in her mouth. They are quite painful and she has two medications she’s taking to help ease the pain and get rid of the sores. She cannot eat anything because it feels like it gets stuck in her throat. This is a common effect of the sores.

She had to have Dana crush all her medications and mix them in cherry syrup so that she could take them. She can’t even swallow pills anymore because of the sores.