Back to the Hospital

This is Jim again.  Abbey is back in the hospital for some further testing today.  She actually was in the hospital yesterday for about 6 hours.  There was a problem with the needle accessing her port, and this in turn caused a clot in her port.  A dose of TPA, anti-clotting agent, was able to break up the clot and allow her to receive her dose of chemo.  Shelley and Abbey didn't get home till about midnight.  

This morning, when Abbey woke up she did not feel well at all.  I was at work and Shelley called me and said that Abbey was complaining of a headache and that her belly hurt.  The nausea is a common side effect from the chemo, but the headaches were concerning since we've recently found out about the clot in her head.  So, Shelley called the doctor and he said that we should take Abbey to Rainbow to have some further testing on her head, in order to see if the clot had moved.  

So, Shelley and her mom took Abbey to the hospital while I stayed home with Jake and Micah.  Shelley called me a little while ago and said that Abbey underwent and MRI.  Still no word on the results, but I will update you when I get an update.  Please pray that we would trust our merciful God with this continuing battle with these headaches.  Abbey only has 12 days left in this phase and it's difficult to see that the end of this phase is soooo close and we continue to hit bumps in the road.  We know that our loving God will continue to sustain Abbey through this phase... please continue to lift her up in prayer for that continued strength and mercy from our Lord.  Please pray that our minds would be protected from the evil one as it's so easy to have your mind wander.  Thanks.

Jim