Hi all - unfortunately Ali is spending tonight in the hospital. Nothing too serious at this stage, she's had a high temperature and her immune system is down so they are keeping her in for observation and isolation.
Since yesterday, Ali's had a bit of a temperature, been feeling unwell and had the chills. This alone wasn't unexpected as 'flu-like' symptoms are common with one of her medications. Today though, when her temperature hit 39 degrees, we thought it was worth checking in with the community nurses.
The community nurse recommended we take Ali into emergency and let the doctors work out what to do next.
We went to Calvary emergency ward and moved through the first part of the system fairly quickly. Ali had her bloods taken and came back with low neutrophils, meaning her immune system was down.
At this stage, the doctors are recommending that she stays in for a few days. When the kids and I went back in to drop off some clothes, toothbrush etc. we had to put on masks and a gown so that we didn't bring in any infection. The kids thought it was odd and that we looked like a couple of ducks (the masks were yellow).
Right now, Ali is still processing through the emergency ward as they work out where to put her in the main hospital.
In summary, certainly not how we planned to spend the night, but then, there's no reason to panic either. As we find out more, I'll update the blog.
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Hey there all, hope Al's temp buggers off and she can get home back to Pikey's gormet cooking! Better than hosp food any day.
love all of us at Orange.
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