Dylan woke up in the early hours of the morning yesterday upset and very feverish. He had previously been unsettled all night, as he usually is on chemo week, so we went to bring him into our bedroom to calm him down but en route he threw up repeatedly on the landing carpet. His temperature was 38.8 which in the Oncology world means a trip to the hospital...
I rang the ward at the hospital first who advised me to take him in but to A&E as they were full. I expressed my concern over him having another febrile seizure like last time so they advised me to phone an ambulance if I was worried, so we did.
After lots of arguing with the operators over how Dylan's condition wasn't "life threatening" at that moment, despite how quickly he could deteriorate and the fact he has a medical alert on the system stating he needs an ambulance.. Mike ended up taking him via car, driving with him just in light pjs and the air con on and windows down.. the doctors weren't impressed at all that we'd had to drive him there!
On arrival at A&E his temperature was 38.3 so they moved him onto a ward and into a side room. The oncology ward was full so he went onto the respiratory ward instead. His temperature fluctuated all day with lows and highs up to 39.9!! Cultures were all taken but these take 48hrs for results so antibiotics were started and paracetamol was given to help keep him comfortable. There was no sign of any respiratory issues so the general consensus was that it was an infection, possible virus or just a chemo reaction so he was discharged shortly after 5pm with antibiotics and the advice to give regular paracetamol to keep him comfortable.
He still has a temperature at points today but seems okay in himself. He missed his chemo yesterday because of everything so will have an extra dose on Saturday this week. Hopefully today's dose doesn't affect him too much as he had a lovely settled night last night which he needs to fight off this bug..
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