Three Steps Back

My last post was on the 27th, the next day, Tuesday the 29th, he had a pretty good day.  We sat outside visiting with friends most of the day.  In late afternoon he had to excuse himself to go lay down, he suddenly felt very tired.  Later that night he was freezing, I took his temp and it was 102.1.  He wanted to wait & keep an eye on it before calling the doctor.  By 11 p.m. it was down to 99.8.  The next morning it went to 100.2 so we called Moffitt.  Since there were no emergency beds available they had us go to Lakeland Regional Hospital to get evaluated and have the doctor there report back to Dr. Weber.  They did not find anything, no infection, lungs were OK, liver enzymes normal, kidneys OK, CT scan showed no abnormalities other than 2 spots on his liver, which we knew about.  Dr. Weber knew that a temp is a side effect of his latest infusion but since he had just had a liver biopsy he wanted to make sure there was no infection.

He has had a low grade temp since, his coughing is getting worse but nothing comes up, he has been feeling terrible and has had a very dry mouth and a terrible taste in his mouth.  He has been drinking lots of water, even during the night, but his urine was a dark orange this morning.  Dr. Weber had him go to the emergency room at Moffit this morning.  He has thrush, yeast infection in his mouth, and his liver enzymes are very high.  They have admitted him and given him a strong dose of steroids in his IV.  I seriously doubt that he will get his infusion on Wednesday and I don't know where they are going to go from here.