another update

Let's see... it's been a day...

Johnna went in... counts are really bad... she's netropenic (which means her white blood cells are very low) and her platlets are basically non-existant at 17 (low is considered around 300... and platlets help fight infection)...  She was at the hospital almost all day today doing a platlet transfusion.  They should have admitted her, technically but all the doctors and nurses like Johnna so much and she REALLY didn't want to go in... she has to go back for another transfusion on Saturday and on Monday, though.  Her nurse practioner thought she hadn't gotten her Nulasta shot (the one that boosts the immune system) her counts were so low...

The biggest issue is going to be keeping her from being exposed to any illness because if she gets ANYTHING right now, it's going to be a major deal.  And it might already be too late.  Mom's been really sick since they were in the hospital.  And Ciera's been with mom for the last few days because Daniel and Chassidy have been bouncing around to urgent cares trying to figure out what's wrong with Talor.  Who is now admitted in Peds at St. John's.  They're not certain yet whether it's just a weird virus or this new flu strain that's putting down all of Sprinfield (ER wait in the middle of the night last night was 6 hours... and it was the same at the other hospital).  Talor was so dehydrated her muscles started to liquify to provide nutrients (raising her lactic acid levels).  So they've been working to get her hydrated so they can bring down the lactic acid levels... may get to go home tomorrow, but they don't know yet (yay for all of this with no insurance...)

Anyway, if it does end up being this flue strain the incubation period is 14 days, and Jo's been around Ciera and Dan A LOT this last week... so we just don't know that she's going to make it without catching something, not with how low her counts are.

So prayers would be helpful.  She's very run down, as is mom... and dan... and chas... who haven't gotten more than a couple hours of sleep at a time for 4 days now... and ciera who is super hyper with all the lack of sleep being had by all...

So far Donn and I have avoided all the sickness, but we're also the last two who are well enough (or not sleep deprived enough) to take care of people.  And we're managing... but if anyone else comes down with this bug (which is likely with how run down they are), or mom doesn't get better soon or if Johnna starts even the slightest fever, espeically while Talor is still hospitalized, the human resources available are going to run REALLY thin...so prayers would DEFININTELY be appreciated!