SUCCESS!!

So, my plan for this week was to get Kayla to take zofran. . . somehow.  And of course, this week, after treatment, she had absolutely no nausea.   Usually, she'll at least feel like she needs to throw up a couple times: sometimes she will, and other times she'll just cough into the toilet.  Then she is good for the day.

I have been waiting for an opportunity to sneak the liquid zofran into something to see how she would do.  I have already tried the dissolvable tablet and that didn't work. (I tried putting it into her mouth while she was sleeping and she spit it right out--five times!  I also tried putting it in the middle of a Starburst and she spit that right out, too.)

Well, tonight the perfect opportunity arose.  We had our weekly pizza and movie night with the kids.  Tonight, we also had a little root beer.  I put a dose of the liquid zofran into her root beer and she drank the whole thing!  Yay!!  Now, I know she didn't NEED the zofran.  But, I also know that it won't hurt and I really wanted to have a for sure success before we go back for her next treatment.

We don't usually drink a lot of pop, but she might just have to have a special "treat" on treatment days when we get home so I can get some zofran in her.  I think I will also try orange juice because she really likes that, too.  I am so excited about this victory!  Hopefully, it wasn't a one time thing-- Kayla can be such a funny girl.

I am hoping that we will be able to cut out some extra fluids and steroid and waiting time for the normal second dose of zofran.  We'll see what the doctor says on Thursday.  We could potentially save 3-4 hours of time at the clinic (I am guessing).  Nice.