2nd episode - fever/neutropenia during maintenance

Olivia is back at the hospital on a Sunday early morning. She had a 101 fever and was coughing. She was also noticeably tired and pale the day before. It turns out her blood counts dropped, with an ANC of 100 (Normal is 1500). Her red blood count was also low at 6.8 and therefore needed blood transfusion. It was a very similar episode of last month when she was last hospitalized.  It wasn't that easy to get the transfusion this time because she was running a fever the whole day. She couldn't get the blood transfusion if she has a fever. It hasn't been 24 hours yet but so far her blood culture is still negative from a bacterial infection. Finally at around 10 pm on sunday night, her temperature normalized and was able to get blood transfusion.

It was a hectic day for all of us. All this happened the day before I was scheduled to give birth. It really was like being thrown a curve ball with little time to react to the turn of events. Luckily with family close by, we had put a plan in place. I know we've had worse days than this. This I know we can handle. I trust God he is with us during this trial.

Olivia didn't want to let me leave last night but I told her I had to go to my hospital to get her baby sister out. She smiled and got excited. Looking forward to better days ahead when we are all home.