First Neutropenic Fever Hospital Stay From Mathew's Journal

From Mathew’s Journal First Re-admittance

3//22/14 - Keeping track of diarrhea, went to Moffitt. Adjustment in meds for admittance and cultures, x-rays and everything looks good so far. There is some question about a Paracentesis, which is not something that I had done. Have to make sure that it did not show up as having been done.

Not sure my writing is making sense.

My stomach hurts less and less.

3-22-14

A resident informs me that I’ll need to stay 48 hours. He says the nurses usually give the 24-hour answer to keep people happy.

- exceptionally frustrated but for the best I suppose.

ANC - 130 need about 500, normal is 1000

Chemo makes count go low in the first place

_ cell replicating

kills cancer cells and normal cells.

causes diarrhea -GI cells replicate, not well.

****ANC = The absolute neutrophil count or the number of white blood cells that are neutrophils. It requires math to get the bottom line.

This is what determined if Mathew was at risk for infection.

Every chemo resulted in a trip to the hospital (I think one may not have) every trip of this kind, required 48 hours in order for the cultures taken to grow out and rule out actual infections.

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