Hospital Update #2

Sheridan is still at CNMC...her counts are too low for her to be at home. With very few white cells she is not able to fight off infection right now and very vulnerable to catching something. Her counts are slowly climbing, but slowly is the key word in that statement. She will be here and stay on IV antibiotics until they are high enough for her to be home safely. She still just has a cold, the antibiotics are preventative at this point. Her cough is a little better today.

We did have a little bit of a scary situation Thursday night when she started having some bleeding from her right ear. Her platelet count (platelets help your blood clot) was very low so they gave her some platelets to stop the bleeding and it worked. Her ENT, who is awesome--I emailed him when I got up Friday a.m. and he was in the room 15 minutes later, came by and checked her out. He said it is nothing to be too concerned over. He prescribed antibiotic drops for a week and said he will see her again then. It is possible that pressure built up and she perferated her ear drum, but it will heal and all will be fine. She is not in any pain :)

Sheridan is in great spirits despite the fact that she is confined to her room. She has been doing art projects and playing with Sam everyday. We hope that she will be able to come home sometime during the coming week, but we will keep you posted. Talk to you soon...