Eventful 'Yesterday's'~Catch up

We spent most of yesterday here...

Hospital  "ready" bag came home~with Jethenro

Jethenro took trip shortly after Christmas with his sisters and met up with many other young people for a special youth conference in Florida. It was a memorable experience for him, yet he arrived home with a sore throat and a slight fever.  Off to the pediatrician the next morning yielded a round of antibiotics while on a chemo hold. He experienced healing, and was able to continue life as usual.

But this past week he started having upper respiratory infection symptoms and by Wednesday had a slight fever that increased as the day wore on.  He came home from school early and went straight to the pediatrician who tested for several different illnesses and  once again put him on an antibiotic~a different one this time.

Yesterday~Thursday morning he woke to a 102.2 fever.  This warranted a direct admit to the hospital previously, but we could not get hold of a nurse at the clinic, so Jethenro and I got ready to go to the Cancer clinic personally. When we arrived he was quickly put into an examination room where we waited for a very long time. The Dr. finally came in and checked him out~ordered iv antibiotics and fluids, a port access blood check for infection and possible sepsis along  with an ANC count.

Then there was another very long wait before the nurse came in with all the paraphernalia. The office was short one nurse, so the nurses were very busy....I don't think they even took a lunch break...
The nurse got a little agitated when he discovered know one had taken Jethenro's vital signs. He went and got the equipment for that, and discovered Jethenro's temp had reached 102.7

We are grateful for his healthy ANC count of 2910, for that shows that his body is fighting the infection on its own....and it was determined that he could come home after the iv antibiotic was infused.

What a relief!  Thank you to those who knew and were praying for us yesterday.

This morning Jethenro was supposed to go to clinical, but he knows his health is more important, so he is home studying in the easy chair next to the fire instead.