Sunday +18 (1:45 PM)

We are still at the hospital. We began at 8:30 AM. So far Jackie has had one infusion of antibiotics (15 min), one unit of fluids (2 hours), one new type of antibiotic (15 minutes), one unit of whole blood (2 hours), and we are now waiting on the final bag of antibiotics (15 minutes). In almost all cases these cannot run concurrently; they must run consecutively.

They are trying a new type of antibiotic to see if it will moderate her fever. So far all cultures are coming back negative; including the CMV culture.

Her temperature has also been down this morning . They just took it and it is at 99.4. She is still taking Tylenol every 3 hours so it is unknown what it would be without it.

Probably as a result of her fever her counts have suffered. Her RBC count was 8.4. That is why they gave her a unit of blood. Her WBC count was 1.9. A few days ago it was at 3.0. Her platelet count continues to hold fairly well at 106; but down from 163 a few days ago. Fever burns up platelets, however.

We will return tonight at about 10:30 PM to get her last infusion of IV antibiotics. We will begin the process again in the morning at 8:30.

Until later,

Bruce and Jackie
From Rochester, MN