Another Unexpected Stay…

Well, the very next morning after we posted Hutton’s previous update, she spiked a small temperature. Normally we wouldn’t think anything of it, especially because she was feeling fine, just felt a little warm. After calling her medical team they recommended  she come in to get some labs done and a round of antibiotics to be safe. The doctor we spoke to did not expect her to be admitted, so we just grabbed what we needed for the day and left to go back early Friday morning. Well that was definitely a lesson learned the hard way and we will be setting up our “Hospital Supply Go-Bag” accordingly.

Long story short, Hutton ended up being admitted, again and I ended up on a 2 hour drive to go back home to get what we needed and another 2 hour drive back. (Total Time driving including the initial trip up there was about 5 hours)

Though that is obviously not ideal and sucks as much as it sounds, it ended up being for the best. Later that evening Hutton’s temperature spike to 104ºF and we were vert thankful we were in the hospital when it did. What is strange about this time is that all her blood levels were good and she was not presenting any symptoms of being sick, even when her temp was at 104ºF she said she felt fine. 

3 days later, we are finally back home…again. It is hard to accept the fact that we don’t know exactly what “caused” the fever as she had no virus or bacteria, but we do know this is the second time something like this has happened with this particular cocktail of chemo drugs. This is also the cocktail that had such a positive effect on her tumor after just one round, so we can speculate, but there is no definitive reason as to why. So all we can do continue to be extra vigilant when in comes to her after-chemo care and continue to be overly and abundantly cautious. These “unexpected” trips to the hospital are extremely hard on Hutton, mainly because as good as some of the staff is at UCLA ER, it is definitely not a place for a immune deficient child and the atmosphere in and of it self is stressful. We are praying that we can figure out a way to pre-empt this from happening in the future. But the important thing is she got the treatment she needed, she is back home, and in good spirits.

Again, we thank you all for your continued prayers, messages, love, and support. 

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