A Trip to the ER

My last post shared Kayleigh having good blood counts, being healthy, and going to school full time.  That was just this past Wednesday, March 9th.  Well, she began coughing just a little that night and the next morning, I decided to take her temperature before I took her to school.  She didn't really feel warm to me, I just thought I better take it.  Well I'm glad I did because it was just over 100.  Her temperature fluctuated that day between 99.4 and 100.2.  Her cough became worse.  Needless to say, I kept her home from school.  She was NOT happy about this nor missing dance that night.  She continued to cough, sometimes the cough was loose and sometimes barky and dry.  Her temperature was in the upper 99's Friday morning, so she stayed home from school again.  Another disappointment, because her best friend asked her to have a sleepover that night.  She rested all day at her grandma and grandpa's house and seemed to be doing okay.  She had a little more energy and was considerably in a good mood, despite having to postpone her get together.  I decided since she was doing okay that I would join some friends of mine for their bridal happy hour.  It was so nice to get to spend time with friends and relax a little.  When I arrived home around 8:00, I decided to take Kayleigh's temperature again, as it hadn't been taken since 3:30.  I was shocked at how quickly the numbers moved up!  She had been doing pretty well, temperature in the low 99's most of that day.  It was 101.4 when I took it! :(  So, I called the hospital, asked for the doctor on call, and Dr. B called me back soon after.  He asked how soon we could get to the hospital and said he would have everything ready.  The one positive thing about Kayleigh having leukemia, is if she ever has to go to the ER, we get to enter the ambulance entrance and bypass the horrible waiting room filled with all kinds of germs.  They have a room and the supplies waiting and get to work right away.  I remember taking her when she was younger and her youngest sister too, and having to wait for like 2-3 hours just in the waiting room.  They had Kayleigh accessed within a half hour and hooked up to infuse antibiotic within the next 15 minutes.  The infusion took 30 minutes and then they did a chest x-ray.  The ER doctor then shared that the x-ray showed her chest was clear and blood counts were all good.  The nurse, JR, who did an amazingly great job with Kayleigh, also drew blood to place in two different culture bottles.  We won't have those results for 48 hours.  So, we left with not knowing what she really has, but she's accessed and a homecare nurse is coming today and tomorrow to infuse more antibiotic.  My guess is that she has a sinus infection, as her face is very puffy, she's full of mucus (gross I know, sorry), and how her cough sounds.  It's hard telling for sure where she got this, but it's likely my worry from Wednesday came true, and she got it from me or Kaycee. :(  She's been in school since last Monday, full day most of the time.  She went to dance last Thursday, kids were coughing, and she didn't wear her mask.  She delivered Girl Scout cookies with me on Saturday to a few houses and also sold cookies at Krogers on Sunday.  I like to think I didn't infect her, she could have picked up something from any of the other places, but chances are, even though we've stayed away from her, she got sick from one of us.  Oh well, it's a done deal now.  I guess I should have quarantined the two of us in a hotel room for the week.  It's all in the past and we just have to get her healthy again.  I'm hoping the antibiotics will do the trick!  Thank you for thinking of Kayleigh and saying a little prayer for her.