Amelya in Intensive Care Unit at Children's Hospital

Hello everyone.
I have not been having a very good week at all this week. On Monday I went and got my radiation treatment, and I went to clinic and got my chemo treatment. Everything was fine except my counts were low, so I also got a blood transfusion.

Very early Tuesday morning mom woke up and realized I had a 104 degree temperature, and so off to Children's Hospital I went. Since then, it has been a downhill slide.

My bottom area, both in the front and back is now very swollen, red, and blistered as a result of my radiation treatments. As you can imagine, it hurts -- alot!!

I also started having problems breathing and the doctors decided I had some sort of "croup-like" virus. So they started giving me lots of medicine (including steroids), along with lots of methedone (my pain med). Then my breathing got worse and they started me on breathing treatments and oxygen. My breathing got better yesterday evening so everyone thought I was getting better. Only today, my breathing got much worse -- mom said I was only taking 4 breaths a minute. Very scary for everybody. So off to intensive care I went.

The doctors think I am having a reaction to the pain medication -- and that possibly I was getting too big a dose. They gave me medicine to combat that, only now I am in a lot of pain again. They are trying to decide what to do for pain and are watching me very closely. My respiration rate is still low.

Pray that Jesus takes good care of me. Pray that my respiration rate goes back to normal and my bottom area heals and I am not in pain there any more. Pray that I will receive a complete healing from the cancer. Also pray that God gives the doctors wisdom and understanding on what to do. One more thing -- please pray for Mom, Dad and my brothers.

Love and kisses,
Amelya