Jim was up all night again last night with diarrhea between 1:30am and 5:00am. He has been having many problems getting his meds down as he feels like someone is holding his throat shut. His temp was elevated ranging between 99.3 and 100.0 all night.
We had clinic starting at 8:00am and his temp was higher, just on the border for being a clinical fever. They gave him IV fluids and the PA decided he needed to be admitted to the hospital. The PA started a dose of antibiotics. They also did a urine and blood cultures.
Jim was admitted to the University of Washington Medical Center just after 12:00 noon. They performed a chest x-ray and then an abdominal CT scan at 11:00pm. They started all his oral meds by IV and will be running antibiotics 24/7. Jim is neutropenic. Becoming neutropenic means that his neutrophils (white blood cells) are gone and he no longer has an immune system. The Chemo has done its job. Now his bone marrow can start producing new blood cells.
Although this is a normal part of his stem cell transplant and his road to recovery, he is very ill, and I am praying for him.
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