Quick update from Eric

Tonight Paula started running a fever.  It was 101.5 so we had to head up to the Huntsman Cancer Hospital and admit Paula for the night.  They have done her labs, a chest xray and an urinalysis.  What we heard from the doctor tonight about midnight is that her chest xray looked good and he did not see any signs of infection.  Her urinalysis came back good as well.  Her labs looked good but her white blood count is low.  The doctor believes that she has picked up an infection from something that would normally not be a big deal but since her white blood count is low her body was not able to take care of it like normal.  Right before I left they checked her temperature again and it was still 101.5 so our prayer is that the round of IV antibiotics that they gave her will knock out the infection and that her white blood count comes up.  If all this happens in the morning then Paula will most likely be able to come home tomorrow evening.  If not then she will stay there another night.

Please continue to pray for Paula.  Her spirits are good as you can read in her post below.  The kids and I are doing ok but I am a bit weary.  Tanya was the most upset that Paula had to stay at the hospital.  I think tomorrow I am going to take them up there to see her.  This way they can see that it is not a scary place.  I also want to take them down to the infusion area so they can see where we go every other week.  We have committed to keep the kids in the process all the way so I hope this will continue to help them work through all this as well.  They have really been amazing throughout all of this.

Thanks for your prayers.  I am hopefully going to catch a bit of sleep and awake to a new day full of joy and good news.

Eric

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