Archive for January, 2007
Tuesday the 30th
Well we haven’t written much because things have been relatively quiet around the Norby house, YAHOOIE!Before Trevor was discharged from the Hospital last week, he was given a transfusion of whole blood and platelets. Before the transfusion, he was given something that represses his antibodies that are fighting the platelet transfusions. It seems to be [...]
Home Again
We are home again!We were sprung from the Hospital at 6:30pm and happily home, showered and ready to climb in our own bed!Trevor has decided he has the energy of 25 high school cheerleaders on full caffeine! I hope Ted and I make it through this bout of energy with out strangling him.Four days of [...]
Quickie for you
Just a quick note before we go to school.A few of you have said you have been having difficulty replying on the blog. Ted and I set Trevor up with his own e-mail address and it is:TrevorFlyers10@aol.comIt is through KOL, Kids on line at AOL and it is srverely tough to get through. If you [...]
Tuesday the 23rd
Hello All-Well not much good news. Trevor’s blood culture did come back negative, a good thing but his fever has not broken yet. Dr. Chang said they will keep Trevor in the hospital until his fever has broken for 48 hours. Looks like a long week ahead.He is grumpy! Tired of being sick and tired, [...]
Monday, Jan 22
Well-Trevor woke up feeling awful. Slight fever followed by throwing up. Grandma took him to the Hospital so I could take Drew to his computer class before school and Ted went to work. Ted got off and he and I went to the Hospital. Trev’s fever continued to roller coaster up and down and they [...]
Long weekend
Well-we have made it through the weekend. Ted worked both days and Trevor had quite a few side effects happening. Not only is he experiencing pin like feelings in his toes and fingers but he is also having cold toes and major itching problems. Benadryl seemed to help the itching along with an Aneeno bath(pharmacist [...]
Marrow Expo
I just got off the phone with Dawn and she wanted me to pass along some info regarding the marrow drive. They are having an expo, and the booth is in the large white tent located by Sears at the El Camino Real mall. The marrow drive is free there today and it took Dawn [...]
Finally Friday
Well-We made it through another week. Four trips to the Hospital’s Clinic and no transfusions. Most likely we will be getting one on Monday. Trevor has started having some of the side effects that the doctors mentioned would happen. His fingers and toes get cold and feel like pins are poking them. It doesn’t last [...]
Local Marrow Drive
Hey all-
I was searching the San Diego Blood Bank website (thank you, Sjana) and noticed that they are having open marrow drives in San Diego county this month. There is one scheduled for this Saturday at the El Camino Real mall in case anyone is interested. For more info, go to http://www.sandiegobloodbank.org/and follow the links [...]
WE ARE HOME
WE ARE HOME!Yes- we were able to come home today and things went great. Dinner of Trevor’s choice followed by snickerdoodle cookies for dessert.Keith and Sylvia, (Ted’s folks) are going to stay until Wednesday then head back to Arizona. What a great help they have been and being here with Drew was a great load [...]