October 20th update
8:00 a.m. Bennett ended up with a 102 fever around 7:00 last night. We packed up quickly and off to the emergency room in St. Louis. We checked his temp periodically on the way and it dropped to 101.4. When we got to the hospital it was normal.
They checked counts and his anc is 4,140! He had 6.0 WBC and 69 neutrophils. Hemoglobin was 11.7 and platelets at 108. We are hoping that his WBC is not elevated because of having an infection. The ER Dr. took blood cultures and are waiting for them to grow. He was discharged since his ANC was good and we got home around 2:15 a.m. They gave him an antibiotic ciprofloxacin and he will take it for two days. The ER Dr. didn’t want him taking any of his chemo pills last night.
I will call the clinic later today to see what his plans are for the week. Will he have chemo tomorrow and/or will he be going on the trip to New Orleans. It will depend a lot on if anything shows up on the blood cultures today and how he feels. His temp this morning is normal. Please pray for negative blood cultures and no more fevers.
*7:00 p.m. Bennett temp today has been normal! Amen! His Dr. said for him to go ahead and take his same dose of 6mp chemo pill tonight. She said that as long as he didn’t feel any worse and didn’t have a fever to come tomorrow and they would do a check up on him and would most likely give him his monthly chemo and breathing treatment. The spinal tap will depend if he is congested. His nose has been stuffy today. He said he doesn’t feel horrible but he doesn’t feel great either. His spinal tap is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. tomorrow so he can’t eat after 5:00 a.m.
The nurse said today that he needed to be fever free for 24 hours to be able to go on the New Orleans trip and of course depending if he felt like it.
We are just playing minute by minute to see what the next few days will bring. Thank you for your prayers.
So thankful for a great ANC! and normal temp now. Praying for you Bennett. Love ya
Bennett and Cindy,
Sounds like a long day for you both! Glad you didn’t have to be admitted. Hope all of your cultures come back clear. We are praying that this passes and you will be on your way to New Orleans.
You are always in our thoughts and prayers,
Maria
Hey Bennett sorry to hear about your fever and I really enjoyed the hunt. Mason and I will look forward to the next hunt and continue to pray for your health. See you on Nov. 12 when Benton comes to town for basketball. Take care, Scott
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