Nicholas didn't want to walk this morning and started running a fever tonight, so we are back at the hospital. Any fever needs to be treated as an alarm for something else that is possibly going wrong. They set us up in our old room (the best one in the unit) and he is on antibiotics awaiting the results of a blood culture. He wasn't eating or drinking either, so he is also back on the IV.
Once we got here, he responded quickly to the tylenol, so that was a relief. Unlike the time before, when it took over 4 hours to break the fever. He soon was out on the floor seeking out goodies from the vending machine.
It was nice to have quick relief, but once you are here, you have to meet certain criteria to get out. Could be a few days if nothing is found in the blood, or could be longer if something shows up in the cultures. It may just be a reaction to the new chemo he is on, but he has to get thru it as the treatment plan has been proven to work with this mix drugs.
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