On Wednesday night Rocky woke with a fever of 39.8. We headed into our usual (yes, some of the staff even recognise us now!) isolation room at RCH Emergency and Rocky was subsequently admitted to the hospital with IV antibiotic treatment : ( He has caught something, but RCH still do not know what.
So far, the blood cultures have remained negative for a bacterial infection. If it's a virus, there is not really much that can be done in the way of treatment.
Fortunately, his fever last spiked on late Thursday and has been in the normal range since. Hopefully this means that either the antibiotics have killed it off, or what he has of those little T Cells are fighting as best they can against a virus. We just don't know and because he is tested for the 'main' types of bacteria etc, we might not ever know what caused this.
If he remains fever free they will cease the antibiotics on Saturday and see how he goes. The plan is to come home Sunday all being well. I think it's fair to say he'll be okay, but we'll just see what happens following the cessation of the antibiotics. Our dear friends and family, Please keep him in your prayers if you can - thank you so much !! xox
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