January 17th, 2015

Mia's cultures indicate that her infection is viral. CHOP's new protocol is to send home ALL patients if they are only presenting fevers and are responding to fever and pain meds. She is comfortable as long as we keep up on the oxycodon. So we will be heading home tonight with more antibiotics because they continue to treat it as a bacterial infection! After them going back and forth about an extended stay, their decision is bittersweet to me. We will monitor her closely and possibly have to return if she gets worse or does not maintain fluids or return to eating in a few days. Her chemo and spinal tap are up in the air this week and we will see if her cough improves and they will make a decision. Thank you so much for all of your continued support, thoughts, and prayers through this journey.