We went to clinic yesterday. She did great! She was sweet, polite, and no tears! Yay, Cora! It was actually a BIG visit. Once every four months she has an injection of methotrexate (a chemo drug) into her spine. She has to have NO food or drink before this visit and gets put to sleep. She woke up, ate a snack, and was back to her normal self in minutes. We even walked out to the lobby with our friend, Morgan (who painted the mural featuring the kids) and took Cora's picture with the Cora on the wall. Morgan couldn't get over how quickly she bounces right back.
As always we have a few thigs to watch and worry about as usual, but I'm slowly trying to settle into daddy's calm attitude of one day at a time. Let's just worry about today. Dr. G looked at her rash on her face that we've seen multiple dermatologists for and she is convinced that it is medication related and will probably get better on it's own eventually. In the meantime, she says we need to keep it looking as good as we can with soap and creams and be sure Cora's hands are continually clean (which they are!) to prevent infection. The other new concern is Cora's lack of bladder control. A few weeks ago we thought she had a UTI but she didn't. She's having multiple accidents daily (something she never did before) and seriously goes potty so many times a day the number's in the double digits. She and her very pregnant momma are a pretty good team cause we both need lots of potty breaks! Dr. G checked her blood sugar levels to be sure that long term steroid use hasn't done any damage, and they were normal (praise God!). So we are unsure what's causing it, but hoping this too shall pass and that it's nothing serious. She started steroids yesterday, so she's puny and pale (which is also weird) but we can deal with Crabby Cora for 5 short days until she's back to her sassy self. That's probably way more than anyone cares to know, but all tests point to normal!!!
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