Not Yet Day +13

This post should say Going Home... but not yet. Stevan ran a small temperature last night of 100.2 at 7:30pm, they decided not to let him go home today. Dr. Holter told him as long as he didn't run a temperature he would be able to go home tomorrow. He was obviously upset that he wasn't going to be able to go home, but she explained that they sent someone else in the unit home yesterday and within 4 hours had called, because they were running a fever and were headed back to OKC to admit them again.

Dr. Holter ordered chest x-ray, blood cultures and urine sample to rule out an infection. Stevan slept til about noon and finally got around 1pm to eat some cereal for lunch.  Then back to bed around 2pm and slept til 5pm. They gave him a shot of Nuelasta again, to try and boost his white cells. This will help him fight any infections or colds he runs into. He got up and did his walk of 20 minutes and showered for the night. I scratched and rubbed his head, which is still releasing his stubby hairs. I noticed then that his head was a bit warm.

So going home tomorrow? Well, that's not going to happen either. He is currently running 102.2 temp. They just gave him some Tylenol, Ativan and Flexeril (for his muscle cramps in the back of his neck that started last night. He still didn't sleep well last night. Partially from the pain in his neck.) Tonight they are going to start him on IV antibiotics as a precaution. As a result they will keep him for at least another two days. I would rather him be here as long as something could be wrong. I don't want to have to drive home, just to turn around and bring him back.

It will all work out. We got a text last night from Lena, Stevan's ex, letting us know that she and Dustin both have a sinus infection and he has just developed a sore throat. I mentioned this to the doctor this morning and she was very clear that Dustin had to be on antibiotics for at least 48 hours before Stevan can have contact with him. I called Lena to let her know this. She wanted to tell me that they were taking NyQuil and it was helping. I told her that would not do it, Dustin had to be on antibiotics in order for Stevan to be around him. She tried to argue with me, but I continued to tell her this is what the doctor said and she apparently didn't understand the severity of Stevan's condition. She continued to try and argue with me.  I guess I finally got through to her since she texted Stevan this afternoon to let us know that Dustin had an appointment tomorrow. The plans are to pick up the kids on Friday afternoon. Hopefully we will be out of here by then. We can only pray!

As I finish this up, his fever has dropped to 100.7 Praise God! Now if it will stay down.