FIRST STAY AT ARCHBOLD

5/8/09-Friday
Dear friends,
We are having our first experience with a fever!! Julia started running a temperature of 100.8 on Wednesday late afternoon. I had gone to Perry, Ga on Wednesday morning to a horse show that I have been going to for 10-15 years. I was reluctant to go, but knew it would be good for me to have some "Mom" time. Jeff called me as soon as he realized it and headed to the emergency room at Archbold. I waited in Perry in my hotel room to see what the plan was (long prayerful wait!). If they had decided to send her to Atlanta, then I would have gone on up there, but they decided it could be managed here, so I arrived at the hospital in T'ville about 1:00a.m. They did blood work on her, and we are basically waiting to see if the culture grows any sort of bacteria. In the mean time she is receiving I.V. antibiotics. If the culture does not grow a bacteria, then we will have given antibiotics anyway as a precaution. They said "shoot now, ask questions later". She has cold/cough symptoms that I guess she caught from me. I thought my symptoms were due to allergies and had tried to be so careful around her. I've decided that if Jeff or I get sick with anything again, then one of us will move out!! We should know by this evening whether or not her blood sample grows anything, so far nothing and the fever has gone. She should be dismissed Saturday morning providing her congestion does not cause anymore serious problems. They did another chest x-ray this morning. Also her platelets have dropped very low and she is very neutropenic (no immune system). More than likely she will have to receive platelets today, and we will find out this afternoon what our plan is for our Monday appointment. Please pray for her that the platelet transfusion goes well and for her to have some relief from her congestion/cough. Also, please pray that her port continues to work o.k. It has certainly been accessed a lot the last couple of days!! It makes you very uneasy!! They have no problem putting something in it, but sometimes they have difficulty drawing blood back out of it.
Thank you for your prayers.
Love,
Sharon