Cycle 3 - day 17

A much nicer day but temperature won't go!

Niamh ended up having a blood transfusion between 2am and 6am last night. By the time it was finished her temperature was up again. She was given paracetamol around 7am and it did help a lot. By the time she woke up around 9am she looked well, she wanted to sit up and play. She enjoyed her morning visitors and even enjoyed a short bath. As Niamh is still having a lot of loose nappies, it seemed sensible to keep the bath short and clean.

By 12.30 her temperature was up again and she seemed sleepy and down again. By the time the paracetamol kicked in she was happy again.

The doctor came early afternoon. He didn't seem too concerned about the prolonged temperature but said they would start her on antifungal in case it may be a fungal infection. She had it around 2pm.

The afternoon went well, more loose nappies though.

Unfortunately by 8pm her temp was up again and seemed very unsettled, a couple of screaming episode. Quite disconcerting when you cannot identify where the pain is coming from. Her bottom is very sore so it may be bottom related.

It is now 10.45pm and she is still up watching Little Bear, relatively settled.

And the best for last her white blood cells were 0.2 and neutrophils were 0.1 so showing signs of possible recovery. Her platelets were back down to 49 so she just had a platelet infusion.
Also her CRP was 99 yesterday and is down to 45 today. CRP is a marker that shows sign of infections. Ideally it should be between 1 and 10. A downward trend is a good sign.

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