Journal entry by Sarah Yellen —
Mason just completed his first round of 4 rounds of chemo a week and a half ago on 3/29/19. He had a check up at the clinic this past Friday morning and was doing well. Over the weekend he was fine but on Sunday he started complaining of headaches.
Last night he woke me up a few times crying out and moaning. I brought him into bed with me and by morning I felt his forehead to find he was burning up. I took his temp and he had a high temp, high enough I needed to call his oncology clinic, and they of course told me to bring him in. We checked in at the Children’s Minneapolis ER this morning at 840. They took his blood to check blood counts and then quickly started him on an IV of fluids and antibiotics. When his blood counts came back we learned he has an all time low white blood cell count and zero anc counts. Which means he’s at a extreme high risk to infection and pretty much no immune system right now.
This is so surprising to me as we were just at the MN Timberwolves game yesterday. Besides complaining of headaches he was doing pretty good. It’s crazy to me how quickly things can change.
He was admitted to the hospital this morning at about 11am from the ER. We’ve been told he’ll for sure be hospitalized till Wednesday and possibly longer depending on how he’s doing. They won’t release him unless it’s safe to do so. He’s doing okay. He’s had bad headaches and body aches but they’re giving him meds to help the pain.
Please pray he stays healthy, that we can get his counts up, and he can come home soon! ❤️
Last night he woke me up a few times crying out and moaning. I brought him into bed with me and by morning I felt his forehead to find he was burning up. I took his temp and he had a high temp, high enough I needed to call his oncology clinic, and they of course told me to bring him in. We checked in at the Children’s Minneapolis ER this morning at 840. They took his blood to check blood counts and then quickly started him on an IV of fluids and antibiotics. When his blood counts came back we learned he has an all time low white blood cell count and zero anc counts. Which means he’s at a extreme high risk to infection and pretty much no immune system right now.
This is so surprising to me as we were just at the MN Timberwolves game yesterday. Besides complaining of headaches he was doing pretty good. It’s crazy to me how quickly things can change.
He was admitted to the hospital this morning at about 11am from the ER. We’ve been told he’ll for sure be hospitalized till Wednesday and possibly longer depending on how he’s doing. They won’t release him unless it’s safe to do so. He’s doing okay. He’s had bad headaches and body aches but they’re giving him meds to help the pain.
Please pray he stays healthy, that we can get his counts up, and he can come home soon! ❤️
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