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We sold our house this morning.  We are pretty excited that we don't have to worry about that anymore. 

Now on to Alyssa's news.  Her rash has continued to get worse.  They say that it is because her numbers came in so fast and her body doesn't know what to do about it.  She wouldn't push her pain button on the pain pump because she thought that if she didn't push it, that would make her go home faster.  We finally convinced her that her body can't get better if she is in pain.  The pain nurse told her this morning that she can be taken off the pain pump in the morning and go home that afternoon.  That seemed to encourage her so she has started to push the button again.

Her throat doesn't hurt anymore and she doesn't seem to have the thick saliva in her mouth.  She has eaten oatmeal and juice this morning.  She is eating mac & cheese, cooked carrots and mashed potatoes and gravy, & apple juice.  We went outside for awhile this morning and we are going to go out again. 

She just talked to the PA and they are going to try a topical cream to see if that calms the rash down.  They can give her steroids for the rash but that is the last resort.  She is discouraged because everyone up here has told her that she would feel so much better when her counts came in but she feels worse.  We keep telling her that she is going in the right direction and this is just a little bump.  We are still shooting to get out on Monday.