2005 Journal Entries
| June 23rd - Archie is admitted to the Hospital. |
| June 24th - Thanks for your e-mails and phone calls. |
| June 26th - Archie is improving. |
| June 27th - Archie is acting himself. |
| June 28th - Archie is doing well. |
| June 29th - Dr. Hayes scheduled a bone marrow aspiration. |
| June 30th - The bone marrow aspiration brought good news today. |
| July 1st - Archie was very much himself today. |
| July 11th - Archie was readmitted to the hospital tonight. |
| July 13th - I am exhausted. |
| July 14th - Archie started chemotherapy today. |
| July 17th - Archie started his fourth day of chemotherapy. |
| July 19th - Archie has been so pleasant the past few days. |
| July 21st - Little Man continues to be a maverick. |
| July 25th - Archie may get to come home tomorrow. |
| July 26th - We came home today. For about three hours. |
| July 27th - Good news today. |
| July 31st - Archie spiked a fever Saturday afternoon. |
| August 1st - Back to the operating room. |
| August 9th - Going to see Dr. Stroud today. |
| August 21st - The Blue Screen of Death. |
| August 29th - Archie is doing really well. |
| September 11th - Kit came home from the Hospital. |
| September 27th - Archie got home from the hospital Saturday morning. |
| January 27th, 2006 - Although each day drags by, each month passes so quickly. |
| April 25th, 2006 - Meyer Center for Special Children. |
| July 1st, 2006 - Archie isn’t a baby anymore. |
| Archie came home today. For about three hours |
| by Anne Moore 07/26/2005 |
Archie came home today. For about three hours. Then he spiked a fever of 100.5 and we had to take
him back to the hospital, to the fifth floor, to his old room. In the elevator on his way out of
the hospital this morning Archie shook his fists in the air and cheered, “Hooray!” On his way back
in this afternoon he laid his head on my shoulder and whimpered. That’s how fast he got sick, how
fast he turned.
He was readmitted, the nurses and doctors performed a septic workup, and three different antibiotics
were started intravenously to fight whatever infection Archie is brewing.
Of course I keep hearing in my head Cynthia’s voice as she taught me how to clean and change Archie’s
Broviac site and lines yesterday afternoon. Each time I finished a step of the process and laid aside
a piece of the line, a gaze pad, or glove, Cynthia said softly, “Ok, now that’s contaminated.”
Contaminated. What if I unintentionally introduced bacteria to Archie’s Broviac?
It is common for children undergoing chemotherapy to spike fevers and brew infections, especially when
their AGC is as low as Archie’s. But it’s still frightening to feel his head, hands and feet burning
with fever. And just a bit defeating. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.