Home From Hospital Camp

I had a less than a good week last week and had talked to the oncologist a couple of times. Saturday was a very good day and I thought we were on the uphill climb. All of us assumed my down feeling was a combination of Nulasta and my treatment both last week. Sunday I woke up in much pain about 4am, so I took some oxy but didn't get any better. By noon I was really feeling out of it so I took my temp. It was normal. About 5pm my nurse friend came in and said I looked like I was still in pain. I said I was and that I was contemplating calling the on call doctor at the cancer center. I took another hit of Oxy and went to bed. This time I went to sleep and slept til about 7pm. My nurse friend came back to chcek on me and when she saw me asked where the thermometer was because I looked feverish. Temp. was 100.3. We called the center center and the doc on call said that he would pull my reords up on the computer and call me right back. She took my temp again and it was 101.5 what a climb in half an hour. When the doc called back and updated on my situation,he said there was nothing for them to do, but call the rescue squad. I hate being hauled in by the rescue squad so when I didn't fuss, my friend new I was in trouble. On the way to the hospital, I began to have breathing trouble and my blood presssure was dropping. Mine is always low so didn't have far to drop to set off the machines warning bell. The ER doc only took a couple of minutes to decide I needed to go straight to the med floor. Three days later I am now back home and stable. I had pneumonia, a kidnety infection (had no systems of this except the back pain). The Nulasta hadn't done it's thing yet because 4 days after the shot my white count was 1.8. I am now home with the latest crisis averted. It has been 4 months since the last crisis. This has been a regular pattern for me. As I was leaving the hospital today I told the Internal Medicine doc who I had the last three admissions that I would see him in about 4 months, he laughed and shook his head. Sam Stage IV