Days 19 & 20, Chemo Round 2 :: Fever

Jade spiked a fever at about 3:40am.  I knew she felt warm when Little Jay and I came in last night, but the temperatures taken at 8 and at midnight were normal. Jade knew something was going on in her little body though; she dragged the IV pole, which we haven't been hooked up to for more than a week, over to her sleeping area before we settled in for the night.

The docs have stopped the antibiotic she was already on (levoflaxin) and started her on another course of two other IV antibiotics (ceftazidime and vancomycin) and Tylenol.  The ceftaz ran for about 15 minutes; the vancomycin typically runs over an hour. Because of Jade's bad reaction to faster drips in the first round of chemo, they've slowed the infusion to two hours. This vancomycin can cause some pretty uncomfortable side effects, so we're watching out for those.  She'll be on these antibiotics for at least 48 hours.

The nurse has been in our room for most of the last hour and half (it's 5:30am right now). Fevers can be especially scary because they are a sign of infection. And infection right now, while her immune system is so comprised, would not be good. They're running cultures on Jade's blood to see if there is anything bacterial, etc. going on.  Our prayer is that there is not.  Thanks for keeping Jade in your prayers.