Fever Has Shown It's Ugly Face Again

It was inevitable that Alec would develop a fever. His counts have bottomed out and he has not eaten in the past (2) days. They had to access his port last night to run blood cultures and make sure there is no infection in his port, it took (3) attempts to access him. He is feeling blue and takes alot of effort to put a smile on his face. They stopped his mouth care temporarily and switched his oral meds to IV. I was concerned with stopping the mouthcare because of thrush and mouth sores but they said he is going to get them no matter what, they want to stop the vomiting and the mouth care makes him get the yuckies, as we call it.
Today is the last day of his chemo, Thipene and VP-16 (etopiside). Then we have 2 days of rest and transplant on Wednesday :0) I am told he should recoup pretty fast after transplant. Alec continues to need 4 baths a day because of the high doses of chemo can leak out your pores and cause sores. Oh, we were also relocated to the transplant unit itself as opposed to the old transplant room. We had some major issues on the floor and the Dr. was not comfortable having us over there because of his age and the attention he requires. Mark and wanted him transferred to the transplant unit. It's technologically advanced for transplant and the air is filtered much better over there and not as much through traffic, as there are only 8 patients allowed in the unit at 1 time and only parent visitors.
Kevin seems to be holding up okay through all this. He is happy this is Alec's last time in the hospital, he said he wants him home. Well I will try to continue to update you.
xoxox
Love,
Amy