Zoe's chemo appointment last week went perfectly -- at first...  I was shocked that her neutrophil count was high enough to get treatment - that was a nice surprise.  Everything went quickly and it looked like we were going to get out of there by 1pm.  We were almost out the door and then Zoe started shivering uncontrollably and walking like a robot.  I felt her head and knew she had a fever... sure enough, 103 and rising.  So, needless to say we did not get out of there by 1pm. 

The doctor believes that Zoe has developed a "hypersensitivity" to the carboplatin - this is not good...  not quite sure what the treatment plan is going to be at this point.  We'll discuss at her next appointment on Wednesday.

(Back to her last appointment) -  When they realized Z had a fever, they had to reaccess her port and give antibiotics.  We were there for another couple hours...  It was a long day, leaving my parent's home at 7:30am and getting home at 5pm.  When we got home, Zoe seemed to feel fabulous.  She ran around and jumped on the trampoline with cousins for a couple hours.  By bedtime, her tylenol had started to wear off and she was ON FIRE!  Her fever was 105 - no exaggeration.  She has had several fevers of 104, but this was definitely her highest fever ever.  She still had a fever the following afternoon, so we had to go back to the hospital for more antibiotics.  They also performed more blood tests and noted that her neutrophil count dropped from 1300 to 500 in one day.  Since she had been having a fever and now her counts were low, they said she was on the verge of needing to be admitted to the hospital... BUT they said since I was a "conscientious mother" she could go home and I would just need to watch for certain symptoms. 

Zoe is really an amazing little girl.  I feel blessed every day that I get to be her mom...  At this last appointment, I was holding her after she developed the fever, and she looked up at me and sweetly said, "I need you momma..."  It melted my heart.  I need her too - she changes my soul...