She is back in the hospital and it has been a very long time since she was last admitted. Since last week Thursday, Erika has been fighting a fever ranging from 100 to 104 degrees at home. Erika's new cycle, which was scheduled last week on Friday, had to be canceled because of her sickness. Blood cultures taken Friday showed positive on Saturday, evidence of the "rhino virus," a common cold. Her fever was persistent and went up to 104 early this morning, so the doctors decided to admit her. As Erika was checking into the hospital, the doctors got more blood results and found that her blood had a bacterial infection. She is now getting strong doses of Gram+ antibiotics via IV. They took more blood from her port to see if that may be causing the infection and also to test for fungal infection. We will get the results in a couple of days on those.
I hope everyone had a fantastic summer and is excited for the change of season. I know we both are. Thanks for checking up on us.
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