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Yes, it's true....Mason has a fever! At 3:00 pm, just before the nurse was going to go over all the discharge info with me I noticed Mason's heart rate was much higher than normal. And then I realized he felt quite warm. So the nurse took his temp and sure enough he was 101.5 !! Dang! There goes our plans for going home today.
The doctor doesn't think it is related to the G-tube surgery, but rather something he was already 'brewing' before we came to the hospital. They took a VRP sample ( where they suction goobers out of his nose) to test for RSV, swine flu, etc... Braiden (my 6 year old) did come down with strep Wednesday night, so that's also a possibility. We'll know more around 10 pm tonight. I pray it is nothing major and we can go home tomorrow. The other bad news is that because of his fever they are moving us from the cardiac corner of the floor to the 'infectious disease section". That puts Mason on 'room arrest' .....can't leave his room! And anyone that comes into his room has to put on a robe and mask. I'm glad the hospital takes these precautions, except for when it's my child and I'm pretty much stuck in the room with him! I will update later.  |
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