About 6:15a, Connie asked me to get her an extra blanket and turn the AC up higher. About 7:30a, she asked if I would take her temperature. It was 101.6.
I always kid her that since she's been doing chemo treatments, she's always 97.x degrees. That's why its 85 in the rig and she's "comfortable", or she's putting on sweatshirts when its in the 70's.
So for her to be 101.6 was incredibly disturbing. We got a magnetic reminder for our fridge (which isn't metal) that if she should have a temperature of 100.4 or higher to call in and be prepared to go to the ER. She had Neutropenic Fever which you can read about here.
Got to the Cleveland Clinic ER in Avon (about 20 minutes away) and they actually have a Neutropenic room (who knew?). Germ free and heat free. Not sure what it was, but it was damn cold in there. Did blood work, did IV, did antibiotics and came to the conclusion that we're not sure what it is, so we need to admit her to figure out what is causing the fever.
They transported her to Fairview (about two miles from our daughter AND where she's scheduled to go for her baby delivery) and are monitoring her plus putting in more antibiotics. Still hadn't gotten the fever below 99.7 by 3p ET Sunday afternoon.
That's our update for now.
Life is all about "the stories".
This is ours from our RV somewhere in the U.S.
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