Back already?

Since Jordon had an annoyingly itchy rash, he did not attend school Tuesday.  I had just gotten off the phone with his teacher to tell her that he would not be there but would try to get to school as soon as possible, when I checked on Jordon and he felt warm.  He quickly assured me that it was because he was under the covers as he felt fine-except for the rash.  Well I took his temperature anyways-101.8 (immediate cause for local ER visit).  He wanted to get up and walk around to see if it went down.  I took it again 30 min. later-101.4.  I called his oncologist and told her that we had just came home the day before and his immune system looked good and he did not want to return for a stay in the hospital.  She told me that he needed to go to the local ER to be assessed, get an IV antibiotic and check his immune system again.  They said if his immune system was high enough to fight off an infection, with the assistance of an antibiotic, he could probably go home and they would let us know what the cultures revealed in 48 hours (if they were positive for infection in 2 days we would need to return to Children's).  Well...while sitting in the ER, Jordon developed rigors and began to vomit (first time being sick since diagnosis).  Any additional symptoms, along with fever, mean he must return to Children's.  They felt that they needed to get him there fairly quickly, and we live so far away, so they sent the helicopter (sometimes they are concerned with sepsis/shock in immunocompromised children).  I was unable to go with him, so the drive up there was agonizing, and he had to be all alone, sick, in a hospital for a while.

So that brings us back.  Since being here, and on a couple of antibiotics, his fever has went down.  He has not been sick to his stomach, but the rash is still there, and he hasn't slept too comfortably.  But we still must wait until his cultures come back.  If they are clean, and he doesn't develop another fever, we will go home.  The vomiting may be from the chemo treatments, and if that is the case the chemo is working.  

When I finally got to the hospital he told me he enjoyed his first helicopter ride and they were able to fly directly above some historic buildings.

I know that Jordon is in good hands with the doctors and even better hands with The Healer.  So I know that there may be bumps in the road, but the goal of chemotherapy is to destroy bad cells in the body, and in turn that sometimes makes a person very sick.  Thank you for your continued prayers, thoughts, and encouragement.

A very good friend reminded me of an appropriate verse, during this time.
I will proclaim the name of the Lord.  Oh, praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, His works are perfect and all His ways are just.  A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just He is! Deuteronomy 32:3-4.

Must have a picture, for his scrap book, of his first helicopter ride.