I’m home again and Neal isn’t

Sunday I took Neal to the University of Chicago for his bloodwork. His white count was still .1 and his plateletes were even lower so he got a bag of plateletes. We arrived home mid afternoon. Later in the afternoon Neal started having chills and later in the evening he had a fever of 100.8. Anything over 100.3 he is to go to the emergency room because an infection could spread rapidly due to his low immune system. We went to our local hospital’s ER around 10:30. After his blood work-up His temp was 100.0 so the doctor was going to let us go home. While the ER doctor was on te phone with the doctor in Chicago, Neal’s temp went up to 102.3 so the decision was made to transport him to the Univeristy of Chicago after they pumped him with antibiotic. By the time he left at 2:30 his temp was down to 100.4. I decided to go home to get a few hours sleep, take Collin to school in the morning and stop in at the office to update the staff. The plan was for me to go to U of C after I heard from Neal what his status was.

I had a bad headache when I woke up but thought it was due to lack of sleep. When I got home from the office I layed down and started to throw up shortly after. I have been battling the flu all day. It’s a blessing that I am here and Neal isn’t. I was concerned that I had caused his fever but the doctors don’t think so.

Neal’s temp went back up this afternoon so they were going to give him a full blood transfusion. He will probably stay at U of C for a couple days. I will wait to see how I feel in the morning to determine if I head over to Chicago.

Please pray for healing for both of us. I feel weak physically and emotionally. I am reminded of the scripture, “When I am weak, HE is strong.”

Leaning on God,
Trish