Fever

Waiting to get a CT scan

Erika was admitted into LDS hospital for the first time for something other than her planned phases of chemo therapy. Earlier in the week she had experienced pains in the lower portion of her body. She was given medications to alleviate the pain, which didn't help. The pain kept getting worse. What was more concerning was the fever she was running between 100 to 102 degrees consistently since Friday. With her neutrophil count at zero still, this is a serious matter, for she may have an infection. She got a CT scan of her lower body to figure out the source of her pain and is having a blood culture done to check for infections. She will be at the hospital for at least two days, until they can get her fever to break.