Tanner got a fever yesterday. The family came for a GREAT visit...we all went to the playroom, sat outside on the patio, and then I took the big kids to the cafeteria for lunch. After that is when Tanner started feeling badly. He threw up liquid from his water and Gatorade...but still managed to eat a few noodles and rice for dinner. Gotta love the fat-free diet...just add MAJOR carbs! Anyway, his fever spiked to almost 103 degrees last night. The nurses kept checking on him...taking off blankets, taking temperature, and him screaming "I'm cold! I want water!" Another fun night. So this morning they took a chest xray and told me his white blood count had doubled over night...big sign of infection. The Nurse Practitioner told me she'd bet $100 it's his PIC line (deep IV line that goes to an artery verses a vein) so they just started him on antibiotics through that line and then plan to pull it later. They will have to then put in an IV line for medicines to go IN, but have to re-poke for lab draws. IV lines are one-way...that's the advantage to the PIC line. GOOD news is the drains are ALMOST done...but now we have this DUMB FEVER! 2 STEPS FORWARD, 1 STEP BACK!!!!!
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