Set back

Last night about 6 p.m. Iva spiked a fever. After talking to her oncologist, we rushed her off to the hospital. We didn't want to go through the emergency room since they would just charge us more and since we knew she had to be admitted. We didn't need an ER doctor to tell us that. Unfortunately, we had to wait for an hour in the ER waiting room for her hospital room to be ready. They were disinfecting everything getting ready for her, which is great, but at that same time she was miserable, shivering from fever, working up a monster headache, and feeling like total shit. Difficult to be understanding and patient in that situation. But we did our best.

She was started on a mixture of antibiotics. They think it is an infection in her picc line, but they won't know for sure until the blood cultures come back, which takes 3 days. In the meantime she has to go fever free for 48 hours before she can be released. She still had fever this morning, so she will be there for at least another couple of days.

The good news is that Iva's white blood cell count has finally rebounded. From 0 a few days ago to 12 today. That's at least something we can feel good about.