Saturday morning my son was still not doing well. His blood pressure was still hovering in the low range and his heart rate was still high, getting close to 100. He felt warm to me so we checked his temp and it was 101.
He called the doctor and was told to get to MSKCC's Emergency care unit ASAP. It took him a while to just get from his bed to the car. Every move was such an effort. He was as white as a ghost and was having trouble catching his breath. It's almost 2 hr drive to the hospital when there's no traffic. It just happened that today there was a Korean festival/parade and traffic was being re-routed, roads were blocked so it took a bit longer, but we finally made it.
The nurse took his vitals shortly after we arrived. They ordered chest x-rays and blood work and started IV fluids. The doctor came in and examined him and was concerned that there may be a blood clot. She ordered a contrast CT scan and an EKG and said that he may need a blood transfusion, but they wouldn't know for certain until they got results from all the tests.
I asked the doctor about how long before we'd know anything and she said at least an hour. With that Bruce and I went down to donate blood, which took about an hour altogether.
We had just gotten back to my son's room when the doctor came in to report that overall the test results were good. He was dehydrated and his hemoglobin count was quite low. There was no clot, no sign of infection and as soon as they took some swabs to check for flu (he had gotten the advised flu shot about 2 wks earlier, just regular flu, not H1N1) and he finished more IV fluids, he would be released.
Today, Sunday, he is feeling much better. He has actually started to get up and walk to the kitchen a couple of times this afternoon. Hopefully, things will get better, at least until his next chemo treatment.
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