Brianna had a rough night last night and was up a lot, having to go to the bathroom because of the increased fluids that she has been taking in from her IV. Brianna had a 100.3 fever last night and was given Tylenol to get that down. About 9:30am today she had a fever at that point again. They have infused her with steriods and an antibiotic through her port. She still is fighting this cough but they believe this antibiotic she will go home with should knock that out.
Believe it or not, they are aiming to discharge her in the next hour or so and she will go with me to get her radiation treatment for the day and then head back to Jen's to rest up. I am a little apprehensive about her going home so soon but they assure us that the meds she is going home with should take care of what she needs.
The scans from all the docs here suggest that any CSF (fluid) buildup is not that great to justify doing a surgical procedure at this point. Her memory loss is probably the most troubling thing for Jen and I at this point. It is really startling to talk to her and see the mental lapse of memory. Hopefully going up on the steriod should be good enough to help with that. She won't be quite as high a dose as she was previously at her highest point but hopefully going to 12MG a day should do the trick.
We will check her platelet counts and White blood cell counts today and then again Thursday.
We will keep you updated as stuff progresses. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. We feel them.
Matt
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