If it is not one thing it is DEFINATELY another...

Monday's chemo went well. Brian was pretty tired as usual. We have had a lot of appointments the past few days which did not leave him a lot of time to nap. Between chemo, radiation, and orthopedic surgeon appointments we spend more time in the car then we do at home. Although chemo went better on Monday we still ran into problems.

Brian got up around 1 am Tuesday morning not feeling well and by the time he woke me up at 3:30, I took his temp. he was at about 102.6 degrees (YIKES). So I threw some cold packs on him, gave him cold water and Ibuprofen. Brian hates cold packs but it does help cool his body (he disagrees) and I needed to do something quick to get his temp under control. We had to call the on call doctor and we decided with her that he did not need to go to ER. She thought it might have something to do with chemo from Monday.

Tuesday morning we went in for chemo and they sent us straight down to see the doctor. There was some suspicion he might have to get admitted to the hospital- he was pretty sad. Since Brian has been running low grade fever's since Christmas and now spiked a high fever our doctor thought he might have some kind of infection viral or bacterial. He decided he did not have to get admitted (THANK GOD) and put him on a z-pak as well as give him IV anti-biotics to get the process going. We have given him Tylenol and ibuprofen around the clock to keep his temp down. He has gone about 9 hours without medication and a normal temp but has just started to creep up again.

Once again with all of his appointments he nor I had time to nap yesterday so we were pretty exhausted all day since we were up all morning. Last night we gave him Tylenol and ibuprofen PM to help him sleep and keep his temp down. We both were out like lights! Today we went back into the office to get some anti-nausea meds and fluids via IV. Our doctor said the last thing we need on top of this fever is for him to be sick to his stomach and dehydrated. Luckily, they squeezed us in at radiation so we were able to do everything at once today and could come home and rest. It is wonderful having a free afternoon to run to the pharmacy, pick up groceries, and nap. I have been running on low lately so I snuck away for 30 min to get a quick massage at the place next to our house. It was just what I needed to help me relax and rejuvenate in order to take care of Brian. I came home and Brian said WOW you seem to be much better, I laughed because I felt a lot better. My body was beat up from staying up to watch Brian with his fever and attempting to sleep in a 20 year old recliner.

Brian will just have radiation tomorrow and then will go back in for more fluids/anti-nausea meds on Friday. Hopefully, if we can stay on top of everything we will have a smooth end to the week.

Pray that he can fight whatever is going on and stay hydrated!

As always, thank you all for your support, kind words, and prayers.

P.S. A shout out to Mrs. Smith's 2nd grade class. Thanks for the cool cards and comments on the blog!

Also, there are pictures under Jan. 1