Today we got a chance to test the Carol and John Emergency Response Team. The issue was because I had a fever of 102.6 when I woke up this morning. After going back and forth around the all important 101 marker, it shot up this morning. I was also coughing really bad and hacking up flem too. After a call to the doctor they wanted to see me but first they wanted me to go get blood drawn and a chest XRAY before I saw the doctor. So we headed out to get the blood and XRAY (with no appointments either) and after about 2 hours we were out of there and over to the doctor’s office. We saw the nurse right away and the first thing she did was check my temp which was now a steady 98.6!!!!!
After lots of questions and poking and prodding they decided to go forward with the treatment on Friday. Because my temp had dropped he didn’t want to prescribe any antibiotics either. So after all that we walked out empty handed and with no fever!!!
What a morning….The good news is that this is not going to delay the final treatment and we are keeping our fingers crossed that nothing changes between now and then. My temp is holding at normal so that is all good. My blood work came back fine for a chemo treatment and the chest XRAY didn’t show anything bad (whew!!!) All things considered I am as healthy as I can be for Friday.
I’m not sure when I will update this again, it depends on how the treatment goes. Sometimes I am reasonably fine over the weekend and sometimes it hits me before I even leave the chemo room. Anyway rest assured that I will be back here as soon as I can. Maybe they will give me a diploma or something for graduating this class?? I’m thinking that would be cool!
Peace and Love
On to Week #12
John
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