Another Blip In The Road To Recovery

Well today is day 80 and we are back in the Hospital. It all started on Thursday night, Matt wasn't feeling to great and Mom was keeping close tabs on his temp witch has been up and down all week. Finally we made the call to the team and they sent us to Children's Hospital to get checked out because his temp was 38.2C which is 101 F. We were at Children's till midnight when they sent us home for the night, with a follow up the next morning with the team. Steve came up to Seattle Friday morning to be with Matt and we both took him over to SCCA. The team immediately sent us to triage were he was assessed and found to have another temp. They started antibiotics and told us they were going to admit him to Children's Hospital. They did lots of blood test's, a chest xray, and told us to be patient while they tried to figure out what's wrong. Yesterday Day 79 they told us that one of the blood cultures came back positive. That means that Matt has another infection somewhere in his body, most likely his Hickman line again. We have to stay in the Hospital for a few day's so they can pinpoint were the infection is and fix it. Matt has his 3rd spinal LP Chemo on Tuesday and a Bone Marrow Biopsy to make sure his Bone Marrow doesn't have a virus and that it is still working well. They gave Matt 2 units of Blood on Friday witch is making him feel better. The Team is a little concerned why his red counts and platelets are down, we hope it's because of the infection and not an issue of his Bone Marrow. We can only hope this is a quick fix and are still on track in coming home soon. Matt has been going to school here at Fred Hutch and likes it but misses his School and Friends. Hope to bring good news next blog we post. Keep praying, we are still fighting this nasty cancer. Lynn & Matt