Zoe has bad veins. It’s a well known fact here at the clinic. Her veins for blood draws are fine but those are too small for IV’s. Whenever Zoe needs an IV or in her case the last week, a new IV because the old one quit, she freaks out and her veins turn into…
Cross your fingers
We are still at the hospital. The viral load went from 1000 to 2000 from Thursday to Monday. Zoe’s tonsils are incredibly swollen. As the Dr.’s say they are almost kissing. Her throat isn’t sore though. They took blood for cultures and swabbed her throat again because she keeps running a fever off and on.…
Back at the hospital
Ever since Zoe’s biopsy on the 9th (results were good again) she hasn’t been feeling well. She threw up 3 times that night and again 2 days later (on Wednesday). No fever, diarrhea so no one seemed concerned. Dr. Boyle kept saying “the stomach flu is going around, if she throws up again call me…
I almost forgot
Mike got the hospital bill. It’s $650,000 with our portion being about $3,000. Not bad but still overwhelming. I’ve done the math and once Zoe is taking only the 3 medications she’ll stay on forever, her medications will run us about $3,600 a year. Right now it’s a little more with the extra meds. Her…