Monday, May 8, was a fun day. I got up with a fever... 100.5... in a normal world, with a normal body, that fever is not much to worry about. For chemo patients, anything above 100.4 is considered an emergency. So, off to the ER we went...
I've never been sent straight to a room until now. A chemo patient cannot be placed in a waiting room because of the risk of exposure to lots of other sicknesses... My fever was 101.5 in the ER. They did a full septic workup - bloodwork, urine, chest xray, flu and strep swabs - everything possible. The workup was very thorough. Everything came up negative for any specific infection, but my WBC count was 2.3. Definitely low.
I spent the whole week in bed, fighting fever and a sore throat. It was a rough week.
I've never been sent straight to a room until now. A chemo patient cannot be placed in a waiting room because of the risk of exposure to lots of other sicknesses... My fever was 101.5 in the ER. They did a full septic workup - bloodwork, urine, chest xray, flu and strep swabs - everything possible. The workup was very thorough. Everything came up negative for any specific infection, but my WBC count was 2.3. Definitely low.
I spent the whole week in bed, fighting fever and a sore throat. It was a rough week.