Fevers at their best

Of course when we receive clearance to head home within the next few days, she spikes a fever. 102.9 at 11:30pm. If I was tired then I was completely awake now. All was going well before then. Procedure went well and preliminary results from bone marrow did not show any abnormal cells. Complete results will be in early next week. We were discussing going home this weekend and they had even changed her meds to prepare for this. I was exhausted from the night before because she decided she wasn't tired and stayed up until 3am requesting Mac and cheese and demanding that I call in an order on the phone even though they were closed. Not to mention she wasn't allowed to eat after midnight. So shorty after 8pm we all passed out. We woke up around 930pm and she was in pain. They brought medicine, did vitals and we settled back in. At 11:30 I requested some more meds for her and they did her vitals. I ask what her temperature was, as I always do and she replied 39.4. 39 what I say? The nurse says 39.4c which is 102.9f. It seems the steroids may have been masking a fever after all. She talks with the on call doc and he chooses to do nothing but get blood cultures because she is already on 3 of the strongest antibiotics they use. They give her Tylenol to reduce the fever though an hour later it's still the same. Some time after 2 we fall asleep and are awaken at 5 to take another temperature. Back to 102.9. More Tylenol and pain meds. She comes in an at 6:45 and the temp has risen to 39.9c which equals a whopping 103.8f. Well great I think, the Tylenol isn't working. They want another blood culture since its at a high peak. She falls back asleep and even though I am exhausted, I just lay there thinking of all the awful things that could go wrong. The surgeon comes in to check on us at 8 and learns of the fevers. He checks her bottom but that still looks good. Dr. Graham has decided to run some more test and change antibiotics. He will run a CT of her abdomen as well as her chest. He also is checking on her pancreas as that is a side effect of 2 of the chemos she has been given. We still know nothing as of yet. CT scan is scheduled for noon. Keeps us in your prayers!

"Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken." ~Psalm 55:22