DAY 119: Fever update...

The fever slowly came down last night from 100.5 into the 'safe' 99.5-100.0 range. Thank you all for your prayerful support. There is no real rational explanation for why it came down. I am thankful we were able to spend the night, not in the hospital, but in our own home. Yes.

I went to Emory clinic first thing in the morning today for bloodwork, and to do some blood cultures to see if anything grows. I also got put on another antibiotic at home, which brings the total to five of them.

Tonight, a few hours ago the fever spiked to 101.4. This is nearly a whole degree above the 100.5 cutoff where they typically bring you into the hospital. We called the oncologist on-call on our Bone Marrow Transplant team. He told us that they think my white blood cells are staring to grow back, which can cause fevers. As we already have blood cultures underway and added a new antibiotic, he again suggested that we try to ride the fever out. Since I don't have chills or rigeurs along with the fever, he suspects it may just not be an infection. I sure hope this is the case.

While we are a litte surprised we were advised to simply watch and wait, the fever is slowly coming down... bit by bit. Thank you, Jesus. He is the ultimate healer and can do anything. I find rest and comfort in knowing that He has me in His hand and does all the heavy lifting in this journey.