Weekend at the Hospital

We haven't been discharged yet. Liam's body is taking more time this cycle to get his blood counts back, maybe due to whatever caused the fever, they didn't find any specific reason for the fever, but they can't check for everything. Liam is still feeling good and hasn't had a fever again. They are just waiting for his blood cell counts to come back up before letting us go home.

The doctor gave Liam a "day pass" to leave for a few hours. We figure going home would be too tough on Liam, he'd get upset at coming back to the hospital, so Troy took him to the park at the hospital. (I had a much needed break from the hospital at home with M)

Does this picture scream "freedom" or what!

A little golf, a little soccer, all just outside the hospital door. The backside of the hospital might be the windiest part of the city, but Liam didn't mind.

Week Interrupted

We were having a fun week, then damn you Mr Fever for visiting us this afternoon.

This is the same scenario we had previously. If Liam gets a fever while he's neutropenic, he has to be admitted to the hospital get IV antibiotics. He has no immune system this week, and we don't know what his body is fighting with the fever, but his body can't fight it at the moment.

We'll be in the hospital for a minimum of 48 hours. It'd be optimistic to think we'll get out Friday, but you never know.

There is always a bright side: a) Liam didn't get a fever during cycle 2, we are lucky it's been this long! With all 3 cycles of chemo, we've gotten out of the hospital on schedule b) It's air conditioned at the hospital, we don't have a/c at home, so it's hot in our house right now

Blood cell counts

We are learning the chemo cycle as we go, Liam is currently at the point where his counts are expected to be at the lowest. He has next to no white blood cells right now, so Liam will have troubles fighting off viruses, etc, right now. As a result, we're not having any play dates at the moment, and not going to too many public places. Except the hospital, a germ factory! They keep tight wraps on the oncology unit though, they try to keep the contagious people out as much as they can.