Day + 20 Admitted to Hospital Inpatient

Today has been a long and interesting day. It is now 8:37pm as I begin today's blog. I am sitting next to Deb as she's located in a hospital bed in the main hospital. I just brought her a small portion of yardbird and some carrot salad. She has hardly eaten in days. Upon the advice of Dr van Rhee and two APNs we love and trust, Deb was admitted for a few days of tune up work. You see, she's had a fever for the last 20 +days. It varies throughout the night and day from 99-103.5. It did get up to 105  last week. Deb's electrolytes are in need of recharge. She has three distinct looking rashes on different parts of her body. Dr van Rhee wants to get her past these so she can recover fully. It will probably be another 6-7 days before her white count begins to normalize.Until then she is prone to infections. An unknown virus was detected in one of her blood tests.

Tonight, treatment begins to help her recover. 

Please DO NOT GET TOO EXCITED over her being admitted. It was a choice we made after being presented with the facts and options available to us. This is not an act of desperation or anything like that. If we ever get to that point, we will be up front with you.

Blessings!
 

White Count-below 2 is neutrapenic and indicates Deb's vulnerability for infection.
Platelets -a whitish colored component of blood. Low platelets=higher Woozy factor!
CRP -An indicator of relative health. Lower is better. When the number creeps up, Deb could be getting sick.
Day  White Count  Platelets  CRP

0         0.04               29              12.8
1         0.07               15              77.0
2         0.03               42            140.3
3         0.07               27            144.1
4         0.23               52            206.0
5         1.21               33            168.2
6         2.32               26            214.0
7         2.29               11            209.3
8         2.84               25            230.2
9         2.32               12            234.1
10       2.66               24            220.1
11       2.50               15            196.0
12       2.54               28            186.0
13       1.98               18            181.0
14       1.22               28            199.9
15       0.95               20            138.6
16       0.83               32            129.4
17       0.86               22            121.4
18       0.70               12            110.3 
19       0.55                9             159.2
20       0.75              14             162.9