Fighting Mantle Cell Lymphoma(All Posts)

I think the fever may have broken last night. I was hot/cold during the night, but feel good this am.

Going to the hospital for chemo - or at least for observation before starting chemo! 10am reservation time.

Checked into the hospital, got setup, and they're going to wait on chemo until Friday - so long as I keep the fever down. Blood was drawn from each lumen of the Hickman, and also from an arm vein (peripherally) to get cultures started. I also got a nasal wash. Now there's a fun thing. They take a tube of saline and shoot it up one nostril, then you have to blow back into a container (repeat for the other nostril). They then culture that sample to see if you have any flu or RSV or related activity.

The nasal wash came back negative, as did the Hickman line cultures. Still waiting on the peripheral culture, but it should be negative. May have just been a simple virus that ran its course. If everything stays quiet, I'll get chemo tomorrow.