Today has not been one of Jen's best days, but nothing much out of the ordinary. Jen woke this morning feeling achy and tired. When we got to IPOP she had a mild fever (99 something) and complained of fatigue and swollen glands in her neck. The nurses at IPOP are always worried about the flu so they did a nasal flush and throat culture. We will hear a preliminary result from the culture tomorrow and will continue to take her temperature, which seems to be hovering around 99.4. We have to call IPOP if we get to 100.4. Also, Jen's heart rate raced a bit when she stood up and the nurses thought it might be due to a bit of dehydration. So they put her on the drip again for about an hour.
In other news, Jen started to notice more loose hair on her pillow and clothes. I expect she will need to shave her head tomorrow but she remains recalcitrant to arguments that she shave a moment before she needs to. Her red blood cell and platelet counts continued to decline (indeed she might simply be tired because of her low red blood count), but neither were low enough to justify a transfusion. Oddly enough, her white blood counts bounced back up above the detectable level. No one can say if this is the reboot or just random fluctuation.
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