Thursday, 04 May 2006
Mark here, substituting for Jeanette.
We went for a fairly ordinary pair of doctor visits on Wednesday, but it escalated a little bit. Jeanette had been struggling a little after this most recent chemo, with fatigue and joint and muscle pain; by Wednesday morning, she also had alternating chills and hot flashes. Mixed with that, she had fluid behind her eardrum for the last week or so. No fun!
She was scheduled for two appointments, one with the cardio folks for an EKG to make sure the Herceptin isn't affecting her heart too much, and one with our family physician for the ear problem.
The EKG went fine (results in a week) but at the family physician's office, her temperature turned out to be a bit high - over 102. That, combined with her very low White Blood Cell (WBC) count, convinced the doc to recommend a hospital visit starting that night.
As of Thursday morning, the fever is gone and the WBC count is a little higher, but they're going to keep her overnight again tonight just to make sure. They have a target number for the WBCs before they'll discharge her, and it may take a day or two to get there.
The boys are fine, and at school as usual; I'm at work, although I'm only here in body, not spirit.
The docs at the hospital put Jeanette on a specific diet for the duration of her visit, including NO fresh fruits or veggies-- something about how they can carry disease if they aren't cooked. Also, no fresh flowers in her room, for the same reason.
Jeanette's in decent spirits, although it's not in her personality to lay around and do nothing. (I've tried to set an example for her to follow, but she's too much of a busybody.) :)
More as it becomes available. Please continue to send Jeanette your prayers, good karma, happy thoughts, white light, whatever you want to call it. Thanks.
-Mark
We went for a fairly ordinary pair of doctor visits on Wednesday, but it escalated a little bit. Jeanette had been struggling a little after this most recent chemo, with fatigue and joint and muscle pain; by Wednesday morning, she also had alternating chills and hot flashes. Mixed with that, she had fluid behind her eardrum for the last week or so. No fun!
She was scheduled for two appointments, one with the cardio folks for an EKG to make sure the Herceptin isn't affecting her heart too much, and one with our family physician for the ear problem.
The EKG went fine (results in a week) but at the family physician's office, her temperature turned out to be a bit high - over 102. That, combined with her very low White Blood Cell (WBC) count, convinced the doc to recommend a hospital visit starting that night.
As of Thursday morning, the fever is gone and the WBC count is a little higher, but they're going to keep her overnight again tonight just to make sure. They have a target number for the WBCs before they'll discharge her, and it may take a day or two to get there.
The boys are fine, and at school as usual; I'm at work, although I'm only here in body, not spirit.
The docs at the hospital put Jeanette on a specific diet for the duration of her visit, including NO fresh fruits or veggies-- something about how they can carry disease if they aren't cooked. Also, no fresh flowers in her room, for the same reason.
Jeanette's in decent spirits, although it's not in her personality to lay around and do nothing. (I've tried to set an example for her to follow, but she's too much of a busybody.) :)
More as it becomes available. Please continue to send Jeanette your prayers, good karma, happy thoughts, white light, whatever you want to call it. Thanks.
-Mark
posted by Mark Kappe @ 6:34 AM
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