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The weekend was.....meh.
Mom spiked a fever on Friday. When I got home from work, she was laying on the couch, and she does that most every day, but I knew that there was something wrong. I was like "Mom?? What's going on?" and she looked at me and said "Nik, I don't feel right"
She said she'd been taking her temperature every 15 minutes, and she was flirting with 100.
After I got home, I had her take it again, and she was 100.3. 100.5 was the danger zone, per her doc in pittsburgh.

So I told my dad to call, Jen, the organ transplant coordinator/nurse. I told my mom to get out from under the blankets, and to take her temp again.
Still 100.3. Dad had Jen on the phone, and she asked to talk to mom. Mom said "I don't feel very good" and then she stuck the thermometer back in her mouth. 100.2. Jen said "I'm calling the doctor, I want you to take your temp every 3 minutes and write it down, until I call you back".

I told my dad, "better get some stuff ready, I think we're going to the hospital." He was in denial, as always.
So, we recorded temps of 100.1, 100.3, 100.4, and 100.7, and then Jen called back. Mom read off all the numbers, and Jen said "Deb, you need to go to the ER, they will give you antibiotics, and then we'll transport you down here".

Mom got off the phone and said "we need to pack a bag".
Dad freaked out.

Mom and I went upstairs to pack, and I called Phil, and told him he needed to leave the gym, like NOW.

Mom and dad left for the ER, and Phil and I followed. We didn't know how fast or slow this would be, so we were trying to figure out how we were going to get Dad's car home, because he was going to ride in the ambulance with mom.

We got to the ER, and Phil and I were there until 10pm. Phil and my dad ended up running home and dropping off the car, and picking up those things they forgot. Jason came down, and visited a while.

Finally mom said "you guys don't have to stay, we'll call you when we get to Pittsburgh"
They called at 3 am.

Mom was admitted to Shadyside hospital and stayed there until yesterday. They did her stem cell harvest, and they got more than they needed, thank god. Phil and I picked them up yesterday and brought them home. They were tired!!

Mom ended up needing a platelet transfusion. That wasn't entirely unexpected. She's much better now. Pretty fatigued, but good. No fevers.

They will leave again on the 20th. Mom will be admitted to Shadyside (again), and they will give her another round of chemo. On the 21st, she gets the stem cell transplant, and she is going to be there until the doctor tells her she can come home.

My dog was so confused. When we brought my parents home he was SO excited! He brought mom every toy he owned. It was so cute.