Update of 9/25

Becky has had a rough day. She went back to bed after breakfast this morning and slept 2 1/2 hours and when she got up she had a fever of 101.3. They had told us in St. Louis that any temp over 101, we should call immediately which I did. I had to call again and talked to a receptionist that went and got a nurse on the line. She told me to give her some Tylenol ( they had told us earlier NOT to give it) and to call the local oncologist and see if they would evaluate her. Dr. Hoos was out but she was able to get in to see the Nurse Practitioner at 4:00 and they did blood and drew blood cultures as suggested by St. Louis. The labs showed that there was some changes from Monday's lab and it indicated, according to the NP, that there was an infection in her body. She examined her thoroughly and faxed a RX for Augmentin to Wal Mart Pharmacy and said if she wasn't better in 24 hours to call the doctor on call and would probably be admitted. When we got home I made a call to St. Louis and the "Fellow" on call said to watch her closely and call him if she did not improve and they would have her transferred to St. Louis.

Please pray that the antibiotic will do it's job and get rid of the infection and the fever will stay down. It is now 98.9 with Tylenol in her. I will try and keep you posted.

Barb