Trip to ER

Good morning,

Well to not take any chances, I called Dr. Petrovic yesterday and told her that Jordan had a bad cough and runny nose and I was worried about her getting sick, since everyone but Roger had been sick the last week.

She had us bring Jordan to the ER at ACH to run some labs and tests. She is a very good doctor and never takes chances, she wants to rule it out fast before it worsens. We are very lucky to have her and Dr. Nieder.

So, they did a chest X-ray, a sinus CT Scan and a nasal fluid test, plus drew all her normal labs and a few extra to check for potential virsuses. Since they drew all her normal labs, we now don't have to go to clinic on Tuesday, unless Jordan becomes worse.

Chest X-ray was all clear, the CT Scan showed some mucus in her sinus, but not very much and we didn't get the results of the nasal fluid.

The nasal fluid test is not a fun one, they squirt this fluid up your nose and then it all comes back out along with any stuff that was in your nose. The first time Jordan had this done (prior to BMT), they stuck this tube slimed up with vaseline (or something) in her nose. I kid you not, it was about 4 inches long and they shoved it in her nose and since it was attached to a syringe, they pushed all the fluid in. It happens very quickly, but is quite tramatic. The second time (several months later), she protested so they devised an alternative method and used a baby syringe. This worked much better and so when the nurse showed up yesterday with the slimed up tube, we immediately said 'no', use a baby syringe and she did.

Dr. P gave us a prescription for antibiotic and sent us home. She thinks Jordan will be fine and didn't prescribe anything for the dreaded cough. She says she doesn't like to suppress it too much because it's the bodies natural way of clearing out the lungs.

So, I took the prescription to CVS and told them I'd be back in an hour or so. I went back at 6:15 only to find out the pharmacy was closed for the night. WHAT!!!???

I have never seen a CVS pharmacy close before 9pm, how did we luck out? This is a new pharmacy location to us because we moved into our new home in November and it's right on the corner, very close. It never entered my mind that they would close at 6pm on a Saturday.

It's a good thing Jordan isn't running a fever and really needed the antibiotic right away. So I'll be off to CVS as soon as they open this morning to pick it up.

She is still sleeping so I don't know if anything has worsened, but as of last night at 11pm she seemed pretty good, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she wakes up that way too.

Thanks for all the extra prayers to keep her from getting really sick and needing to spend Christmas in the hospital.

I hope Santa is good to you all. You have been a blessing to us this year and deserve a nice treat.

Merry Christmas!

Lots of love,

Katherine