Quick update on Kate. My plan is to keep this brief so Kate can write a more comprehensive update tomorrow, when I expect she’ll be feeling better and finding herself with time on her hands. From the hospital. Which is where she is now (and will likely be until Thursday) with a blood infection.
The sequence of events was as follows: Following an avalanche of new/worsening symptoms on Sunday (dizziness, headache, chills, shallow cough, pain when breathing, light sensitivity, stiff neck, and others) we drove back from the cabin and straight to the emergency room. To rule out meningitis, they did a spinäl täp (the rockingest of procedures), which came back negative, but Kate’s white cell count was elevated (4 times higher than normal), and they admitted her and started her on heavy antibiotics. (Side note: the emergency room doctor was the same Dr. McDreamy who treated Kate for heart palpitations a few years back and who had been a contestant on Survivor. Kate wondered aloud if maybe I should leave the room so he could do a more “thorough” examination). Today they did a bunch more tests, confirmed the infection, removed the chemo port (which may have been the source of the infection), and are continuing the antibiotics. And now we wait.
Kate had some discomfort last night and didn’t get a lot of sleep, but was somewhat better this afternoon, and seemed almost perky tonight (though as I’m writing this, her fever is back up a bit – it’s an adventure). This evening, she expressed disappointment in me for not posting this sooner (her fans need to know!), so perhaps things are getting back to normal.
Kate is now resting comfortably. I’ll post additional updates as they arise, and expect Kate will have more to say about this tomorrow.
