Back in the hospital again...

I write you from the family room at Huntsman Cancer Hospital. They have so much that a family member can use while their loved ones are in the hospital. It makes the stay easier for me.

Dustin is down at a CT-scan today, so I thought I would take a moment to update everyone.

Last Sunday Dustin completed the antibiotics that we were sent home with previously. On Wednesday he started developing a fever. By Thursday it was getting a bit worse but was manageable at home. Yesterday morning it was 102.5. The magic number to call the hospital is 102. So I called them and they suggested that he may need to be admitted. At that time I tried to find out what the culture on the "junk" was. Still inconclusive.... (I feel that inconclusive test results are becoming a pattern here.) But a Sputum sample does not give the best culture. We waited out a few hours until we heard back from the doctors office about a direct admit to save us from the ER copay. Around noon we headed up to the hospital. When I asked Dustin if he felt he wanted to go or if he wanted to just control the fever until Monday, he said that he wanted to go.

So here we are. The culture came back with normal mouth bacteria and yeast.... I am not buying it. I told them I wanted answers...real answers. They were going to put him back on the exact same antibiotics they have given him the previous times here. I told them I felt it didn't work, obviously because we have been here 2 times for this since March, I felt they needed to take a different approach. (bossy aren't I?) So, Dustin is getting 3 heavy duty dosages of broad spectrum antibiotics. Basically if there is something in his body, this better get it. He had a CT scan done today so they can see the presence of fluid in the lung and then talk to the Pulmonology team about a biopsy. Which would give us the better culture sample.

We had a rough night. Lots of nurses in and out. Today, he is a bit fuzzy headed. Pretty normal with the chemo and amount of medication he is getting. But overall he is doing as well as he can. Not much improvement yet, but it is still early and the antibiotics have not been in his system for 24 hours yet.

I will try to blog later once we know more. Until then. Much love .... and GO JAZZ!! :)

Our prayers always.
Dustin & Mandy