Back to the Hospital!

Payton started running a fever last night and you know what that means, back to the hospital. They had us go to the ER since his fever was so high. By the time we got to the ER his temp was 105.6. We were admitted a couple of hours later. I had Payton into the clinic yesterday and his counts were starting to get low, but not low enough to transfuse. In 24 hrs they took a big drop, so he will need both platelets and red blood cells. You can tell Payton is not feeling very well today. He has just been lying down or wanting to be held. You know that he is sick when he received his GCSF shot and didn’t even budge. They are running some blood cultures, so hopefully nothing will show up. Payton has been started on IV antibiotics. We will be in the hospital until he shows signs that his counts are recovering and is fever free for 48 hrs. This could take days or even weeks. Savannah came up to the hospital to visit Payton after school. I know that she is tired of being here, but she is a trooper. We will keep you posted to how he is doing.