Bennett is not feeling well. He came home from school today with a temp of 99.7, bad headache and feeling very tired/weak.

I was out of town but he texted me every hour with his temperature. Very stressful on both of us. He temp ranged from 99.9 to 100.4 all afternoon. He laid down and tried to rest.

I called St. Louis and his nurse indicated if his temp went up to 101 than we needed to call back or be on our way. So far it’s not reached there!

His temp was finally normal at 6:00 and he took some tylenol for his bad headache. With a temperature earlier his nurse didn’t want him taking any tylenol because of possibly masking a higher fever.

Sid and I talked today and remembered Bennett’s tick bite from last Thursday. Sid said that Bennett has the same symptoms that he had with rocky mountain spotted fever. Low grade fever, tired/weak/wore out, and a bad headache.

I called St. Louis back this afternoon and Bennett has an appt at 8:30 in the morning for them to evaluate him. We will ask for a rocky mountain spotted fever blood test. I also want his counts checked again. Bennett feels like his ANC or hemoglobin is low. With the big drop in his ANC on Monday is very concerning that something might be going on with these additional symptoms.

Please say a prayer for Bennett that this is nothing. And that his temperature will not go up and we don’t have to rush to the emergency room tonight. Thank you.