Tuesday was a long day. At 2:30 in the morning, Sarah comes into the room where Jess and I were sleeping, saying that her tummy wasn't feeling good and that she needed the heating pad. Jess felt her and found out that she was hot. She was 101.9 F. That meant that we needed to call the doctor and have a trip to the ER. I got ready while Jess talked to the doctor. Sarah and I made the trip up to the ER. Sarah threw up on the way, and I had to pull over to clean her up a bit before continuing on. We got to the ER around 4am. They did the normal stuff of getting her port access and taking some blood. They started her on an antibiotic while they sent the blood to the lab. The initial numbers came back with the white blood cells at .6 (or 600). This wasn't a good sign since it meant that her ANC was most likely going to be below that. Her ANC came back at 100. That meant that she had an automatic admittance to the hospital.
My mother came up to relieve me at 7:15 am, since I had to get up to Deer Valley to teach a lesson. They transferred her up to the ICS (Immune Compromised Services) Unit right after I left. She was given Tylenol for her fever and has been watched and checked often.
Her fever has spiked a few times during the day. She had some visitors shortly before dinner time. Around 8pm, her fever started climbing. It got up to 41.1 C which is 106 F. It was scary and it took a bit for the Tylenol to start working. Jess got to the hospital right after it started dropping. It was good to have her strength and support. She is sleeping now and hopefully should sleep through the night.
Christmas was good for us, except that everyone else got sick. I threw up during the night after Christmas, but felt good enough to work up at Deer Valley the next day. Others in the house got sick on Monday. We assume that Sarah has the same sickness that the rest of the family got.
We are grateful for the prayers and support. Thanks for the comments and notes.
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