Saturday, August 22, 2009

First Fever

Grant has run his first fever since being at home today. Rudy was commenting on how hot his head was but he always has a hot head. Then, he came and sat on my lap and I felt his arms, stomach, and legs and they were all warm too. We took his temperature and it was 99.4. Thirty minutes later, it was 100.4. We began to get concerned. We are supposed to contact the doctor at 101. We took his temperature every 30-45 minutes all afternoon and it would go up and down with every reading. I finally called the on-call doctor about 7:15. Dr. Akers was not concerned b/c he was not acting sick. He had been somewhat lethargic and his appetite was slightly decreased, but he still played pretty normally all afternoon. If you asked him, he said he was not sick. Dr. Akers said that the chemo should not have knocked down his numbers too much, especially this soon. She said we could give him tylenol and that we would need to call back if he really spiked or started acting sick. He went on a bike ride with Trent, Daddy and Grandpa and played baseball outside after he took his medicine. I think he was feeling fine. He just went to bed with a 99 temp. Please keep Grant in your prayers!

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