Trip came home from school yesterday with a pretty high fever, so we were in the ER late yesterday afternoon for the standard protocol. His counts were good enough to be sent home after rocephin and a lung x-ray, but his ANC is understandably low after a chemo weekend. There seems to be something happening in his lungs similar to what was there in Nov/Dec, but they stopped short of calling it pneumonia this time even though we went home with the same prescription.
I left a message at the clinic to ask if we should even go in for his scans today. They called back to tell us not to go as soon as we pulled into the parking garage at Children’s downtown. They did not want Trip sedated while he is sick and something funny happening in his lungs. I feel good about postponing and want to focus on getting and keeping Trip healthy until cold and flu season passes. We will reschedule the scans once he is well.
He seems to feel better today, but he’s not 100%. Instead of having a follow-up appointment on Tuesday for scan results, it will likely be another checkup prior to starting chemo again the following weekend. And that’s okay too.
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