Platelets & Wiggles

Colleen has been using up her platelets rapidly. She needs platelet transfusions every day, even twice a day. She has gotten C-dificile to complicate things. Some of her oral meds are now back in her IV because of the vomiting. The "runs" are the worst, and the PURELL was removed from her room because the C-dif is not killed by it. That would explain how she got it while here. The BMT progress is going well. Her attitude is fine, but she isn't eating. She does drink a bit, but the vomiting twice this morning has had the medical staff re-evaluating the cut back on her IV food. She was being "weaned" for a second time over the last couple of days, but until we get her over the C-dif infection, mom thinks she needs the nourishment. The WIGGLES poster continues to be her favorite, but as she takes it down day in and day out, they are getting rather "tattered". When the day comes that she is discharged, she will go home to an AUTOGRAPHED Wiggles Poster for her bedroom wall. They sent her one in July when Mark wrote to them on her behalf. Also, because of the slight delay in her admission, she was able to attend the Wiggles concert at the Palace the week before her admission. A memory for all time.