Thursday, October 8, 2009

Today is not a good day.  Casey woke up not feeling well.  He took his temperature and had a fever of 100.9.  He currently has no immune system, so any temperature over 100.5 is an automatic admission into the hospital.  Till I got home from work and got him up to the Hospital, (around 12:30 pm) his fever was 102.5.  They have him hooked up to antibiotics and have taken jars and vials of blood.  My sister, Debbie, is the microbiology supervisor here at Hershey Med.  I called her on my way up here and fortunately she got things cleared for take off, and was waiting for Casey with a wheelchair.   He is back in room 6126 again.  Debbie has take his cultures down to her lab.  Special Delivery..I think everyone is impressed! 
They just picked him up to take him for a chest xray, so he's not in the room and we can talk about him.  He was unable to walk the 6 steps from his hospital bed to the stretcher without assistance. I am really no good at the nursing end of things, so I am the first person to ask for help.  If you have ever seen anyone who is neutropenic (no immune system) get a fever, you understand why I am so neurotic about him washing his hands and staying germ free.  He said he can't remember ever feeling this bad...I said that's because you were unconcious the last time.  I had to ask him if I could turn on the Phillies game.  You know he's feeling bad.  When Stevie gets sick, she whines a lot. When Casey doesn't feel good, he gets angry.  So right now, he is down right pissed off!
Keep those prayers coming!
Peggy