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Well, Shit – UPDATED

Update, 4/22 – we’re home! After a few days of IV antibiotics at the hosptial, Andrew is feeling much better. Yay!

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Our reign of not being admitted in-patient since Andrew was first diagnosed is officially over. He had his normal chemo/spinal tap treatment Wednesday morning and everything went fine. He was more loopy than usual after the anesthesia, but there were no complications with his port access or the tap. He ate a good lunch, and seemed to be feeling fine. We were home for less than two hours when he spiked a temp of 99.6. Within a half-hour, he was throwing up and the fever had risen to 102. By the time we got back to the hospital, the fever was up to 104, he was a little incoherent, and he had a massive headache.

They’re not sure what’s going on, and until they know more, they want him to stay. It could be a blood infection, so they’re culturing his blood to see if anything grows. Hopefully we’ll know more on Thursday. In the meantime, they’ve pumped him full of antibiotics, fever reducers, and some pain meds. He’s feeling a lot better tonight and enjoying unlimited Xbox access. So… we’re hoping that whatever’s happening is manageable and our stay here will be short and sweet.

It’s never fun being here, but after the afternoon we had, I’m glad he’s in a place where he’ll get whatever he needs if things get crazy again. In fact, under the circumstances, there’s nowhere else I’d rather ring in my 5^th decade on this planet than right where I am.