Well my long weekend home alone was a bit shorter than anticipated. Saturday night Eric started to feel poorly. He went to bed hoping to wake up feeling better Sunday morning, but when he didn't, Chuck decided to come home early. It was a good call since Eric spiked a fever as they loaded on the ferry. He can get very sick very quickly and a fever can be life or death, so trapped on the ferry wasn't the greatest place to be, but we made plans for them to drive directly to the hospital and for me to meet them there. Conveniently, I had time to shower and pack a bag before driving to the hospital. Luckily clinic was open so we were able to bypass the ER, which is a huge win. I had assumed that he would be admitted, but our NP did come by and confirm that. He was admitted yesterday and we've spent one night in hospital so far. Does that make this day 1? or day 2? I decided on Day 2 since we arrived yesterday.
Upon arrival, Eric actually didn't have a fever, but he did have a wicked headache. He got his port accessed, blood work, blood cultures, urine cultures and a brain tickling nasal swab. Once all that was done, he was allowed to have Tylenol. He doesn't seem to have a cough or runny nose at all, but Joel did develop a runny nose over the weekend. They started him on IV antibiotics right away, which is the fever protocol, in case of blood infection.
When we were able to move over to the ward about 1.5 hours later, his head was feeling mostly better. Child Life on the inpatient side left a Lego set for him, which of course spurred him to feel well enough to sit up. For some reason only some of his meds were ordered so he ended up staying up until almost 10pm waiting for the others. Luckily, he almost finished his Lego set in that time...
This morning, Eric woke up a little after 8am feeling pretty good and he finished off his Lego set. Unfortunately, that seems to have been the highlight of the day. By 10am he was feeling pretty crappy. Still no fever, but his head was hurting again and he curled up in bed to just chill and watch tv. A Resident came by and I chatted with her for a bit. His nasal swab was positive for Entero Rhinovirus, so a common cold. Additionally, Eric's platelets are low, as they always are, but not critical. However, he has a couple of super loose teeth and they're bleeding a little so she figured it would be best to do the transfusion today. Finally, his hemoglobin is down substantially from yesterday, but that is likely just a product of how dehydrated he was yesterday. He doesn't need a blood transfusion yet, but will soon.
As long as Eric doesn't spike another fever, I am hopeful they will let us go home tomorrow.
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