No News Is Sometimes Just No News

Since my last post on Oct. 4th when Pam got out of the hospital last, here is what has happened:

Oct. 5: Nothing
Oct. 6: Nothing
Oct. 7: Nothing... Oh, ordered a new TV from Amazon
Oct. 8: Nothing
Oct. 9: TV delivered
Oct. 10: TV was defective. Returned TV.
Oct. 11: Nothing
Oct. 12: Went to Manzanita for the weekend

So, as you can see, not much to report, so no need for a recent blog update. Instead of 8 boring blogs, I am packing all of the recent excitement into this one action packed episode. 

Yesterday, Pam had a headache, chills and felt generally crappy while we were playing cards in Manzanita. By this morning, her temperature spiked at over 101, so we loaded up the car and came back to Portland to go to the Good Sam ER.  By the time we made it to the ER, her fever was gone, but her blood pressure was very low.  They started IV fluids and the usual workup: chest xray, blood draw, urine analysis, etc. and consulted with Pam's oncologists. Since her white count is OK at the moment, she is not any more prone to infection than anyone else, so they decided to that there was no need for IV antibiotics, and, after 4+ hours in the ER, we made it home.

We are waiting for the whole "process" to get her stem cell transplant approved.  Between now and then, she will have at least one more round of chemo as an outpatient.  Chemo is even more exciting than getting a new TV.

But, coming attraction:  I will put out a special bulletin when the replacement TV finally does arrive and let everyone know if it works this time.  My peeps need to know these things.