Fever & Back to Clinic

As I finished up my post from Monday, I realized that Nick was not feeling much better. I kept taking his temp. and it was ranging from100.8-102. Anything above 100.4 is considered a fever for his protocol. He said he was still in pain, his throat hurts, his eye was watering and he felt icky. I caught a cold and did not want to take him to clinic because of exposure to the other kids there. Greg was able to come home from work and take Nick. The nurses had his usual room ready for him, but once they saw him, he was put into a room, with a door. (The usual room is the ones with a curtain and mainly used for transfusion patients. Nick is comfortable there, so they let him have a room). His temp was 101.8 and he seems kinda out of it. We brought the morphine pills with us to make sure we had the right dose and we do, but he should not be so knocked out from it. His counts completely dropped but not to the neutropenic level.
WBC: yesterday 14, today 5.2
APC: yesterday 11,900, today 4,200
They did a strep test on him and we should know the results tomorrow. They are also pumping some fluids into him to make sure he is not dehydrated. He was drinking water all morning but does not have an appetite. I am not sure why the pain has not subsided yet and why this virus hit his system so hard. He was given an antibiotic drip and they want to see him tomorrow. We are going to try and hold off on the morphine and get back to the Tylenol w/codeine to see if that helps. Hoping the fever will break tonight. I will be taking him back to clinic tomorrow for a check up and see how his counts are. Karen