The DI Hangover

Unfortunately, the effects of the stupidly-intense Delayed Intensification (DI) phase continue to linger. Tuesday’s blood test revealed that Hayden’s neutrophil count bottomed out, and his platelets and hemoglobin were low too. The last time this happened, he spiked a fever and we ended up back in the hospital. And here we go again…

Hayden’s temperature started creeping up last night. At about 5 a.m., he came to tell us that he hurt all over – his temp was 38. We called the doctor and he recommended that, seeing as Fridays are clinic days, we should let him sleep and arrive early to the clinic (bonus to not have to go thru the ER). We were planning on going back to the clinic anyway, just to do another blood test and see if he needed a transfusion. So now Hayden is being admitted for at least 48 hours (in Feb it was a very long 11 days). The fever is likely due to the zero neutrophil count but they will watch him closely to ensure that he doesn’t have an infection – that is besides the oral thrush (that may explain the short-lived ear ache on Wednesday night).

So if they goldeye are in fact running out at Nutimik, they will do so with no interruptions from our little fisherman.