Ace came down with a nasty virus last Friday the 21st. On Wednesday, he had a rash on the back of his neck. We were concerned that it might be the LCH attempting to pop back up, so we made an appointment with the dermatologist for Friday to have him check Ace to see if a trip to Dr. McClain was warranted. On Thursday evening Ace started running a low grade temp. It stayed at low grade while treating with advil and tylenol alternately. We saw Dr. Anderson on Friday morning and he said that he felt the rash was just a "heat type" rash of some sort. We were thrilled. We then went to his appointment with Dr. Boecker. When we got to the appointment, the nurse checked Ace's temperature and it was 99.5. Ace was pretty fussy and you could tell he didn't feel well at all. I honestly was attributing the fever to teething or possibly an ear infection. We waited about 30 minutes to see Dr. Boecker and Ace just got fussier and fussier and started feeling really warm. I went out of the room and asked the nurse to come in and recheck his temperature and it had gone up to 102.6 in just the 30 minutes we had been there. Dr. Boecker came in and checked Ace's ears and throat and said he had no signs of any type of infection. She was concerned he might have a virus. Hand, foot and mouth and roseolla have been going around(not great). We headed to San Antonio for labs. Ace's temp continued to rise and he was getting fussier and fussier and started spitting up crud by the time we got to San Antonio. I spoke with Dr. McClain's assistant on the way to SA and she said if he seemed like he was getting worse to take him to the ER. We waited a few minutes at the lab and he continued to get worse, so we went to the ER. They immediately put in an IV and started giving Ace fluid. They did labs which all came back good. They had to finally give him a suppository in order to keep any tylenol in him. The ER doctor agreed that it was likely some sort of virus Ace had. Fortunately, his white blood cell count was at 8.02(the highest it has been since he started chemo) otherwise the ER doctor said she would have admitted him. We went home and continued the advil/tylenol every 3 hours. We had a hard time controlling the fever. Saturday night it got up to 103.9. Ace was miserable! We called and talked to the oncology doctor on call in Houston and they said to continue giving him fluids, cool baths, and alternating the tylenol/advil. We were also using a cool, damp rag while he slept in an effort to cool him off. It was not fun, we would literally put the rag against him and it would be hot almost immediately from touching him. It was so sad, this was the first time he has been so unhappy and felt so crummy. Through all the treatment and crud he has endured, I think that the past few days have honestly been the hardest on him. On Monday, the fever finally started creeping back down. He was officially fever free Tuesday. Yay! He seems to be feeling good again today. We couldn't be more thankful!
Unhappy camper at the ER :-(
One of the few things that did make Ace happy over the past few days was Toby reading "Little Blue Truck" to him. It is pretty cute. He loves it when Toby reads it. I don't get near this reaction. Dad is apparently much better at truck and animal sounds than me. :-)
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