Greg came home from work to take Nick to clinic. He was still throwing up and going to the bathroom a lot. He definitely had a fever. When they got to clinic Nurse Paula immediately accessed his port, drew blood and started an IV drip to keep him hydrated. His temp. was 102.2 and they gave him some Tylenol. Unfortunately he started throwing up again and the Tylenol did not stay down. I was surprised that his counts were actually good:
WBC:2.1
RBC: 10.4
PLTS: 252
APC: 1,500
His heart rate was high 140's and his oxygen was low 80's. They sent him for a chest xray to make sure he did not have pneumonia and everything looked clear. Once his temp went down, his heart rate did go down some, but his oxygen was not changing. The doctor felt it would be safer to keep him at the hospital for the night and just monitor him. They have an oxygen tube hooked up blowing air to him and that is helping raise the levels. He is sleeping now. The nurse also took a nose swab (Nick was not happy about that) to send away and detect what virus he might have. We hope to be home tomorrow and fever free. If not, the next step is to order a CAT scan on his whole body to make sure there is nothing fungal going on. We don't think this will happen. Signing off for now. I will update as things change. Karen
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