More inflammation!

So this morning, Gracie woke up and her eye had swollen again! (I know her hair is crazy in the picture but it was first thing in the morning.) It was not really bad but more swollen then yesterday. We were very concerned and wondered if she should go back to Dr. O. Yesterday at about noon we had given her the final dose of eye drops, which had some anti-inflammatory agents in it. We had given them over the last seven days. We thought maybe this attributed to the swelling (being off the drops) but were unsure.

Stephanie phoned the oncology team in Houston to find out her blood counts. That is when we found that the lab had not yet sent the results! How frustrating! So we did not know how concerned to get over the inflammation. Shortly after Stephanie's phone call the lab results came in. Then we spoke with Dr. O on the phone. She was concerned but thought that we should restart the eye drops and wait a few hours to see if the swelling went down during the day. Gracie was not in any pain and seemed pretty happy all morning. She did point out to us that her eye was getting big but more as a matter of fact then that it was causing discomfort or inhibiting her.

So we put more drops in the eye and went about our daily activities. The swelling did go down and Gracie seemed to enjoy her day. I got home from work today and was greeted by a cheerful and loving Gracie yelling, "Daddy, you're back! You're back!" She makes us all feel so loved and appreciated. We are glad she is in our home and love her so much!