On Tuesday, Nadia had a cold. Throughout the day her temperature was high, and went up a bit. Just high enough to be a fever. Our instructions are to take Nadia to the hospital if she has a fever, no matter what.
So we did.
Nadia has her own binder at the hospital with specific instructions on what to do if she requires a transfusion. If she needs a transfusion they must use blood that has been prepared in a special way in order to minimize her future risk when she has the bone marrow transplant. The fewer the blood products the better.
So it is kind of a stressful thing to consider that there is a possibility this fever from a simple cold could result in a blood transfusion that could negatively affect her bone marrow transplant outcome. But we can’t take a chance.
So we go.
It took a couple of hours for the doctors to see her, take blood, and get the results. Fortunately her blood counts were OK. This will just be a ‘normal’ cold.
Thankfully.
She appears to be much better today.
