I hadn't updated in awhile,but since Mary is back in the hospital I thought it would be a good time. She had been going through a drop in her blood counts as expected since she was released from her last chemo on 10/07/11. She received two units of blood and one unit of platelets on Friday 10/14/11, she also had low potassium so they gave her some potassium. She woke about 4:30 AM on Saturday 10/15/11 with a very high temperature (105 at first then dropped to 103.4 when we left the house). Got to the Emergency room between 5:30 and 6:00 AM and it was still about 103. ER got it down to around 98.9 and then it started going back up. They admitted us and we got in a room in the cancer unit about 5:30 PM. While in the ER she started having severe diarrhea. The temperatures and diarrhea have continued throughout the night. This morning her temperature is around 102.1. They have taken samples to check for Clostridium difficile (C-diff) so they can decide whether to give her an antibiotic for C-diff or give her something to stop the diarrhea. They have also taken another set of blood cultures to check for other sources of infection or bacteria. Doctor said we will need to stay until fevers are done and her white count starts to go up. Maybe several days.
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