Some of you may have known that Jennifer has been fighting a superficial infection on her port incision. She went into emergency last Monday, was given IV antibiotic, then an oral antibiotic for the next 10 days. She has had a lot of discharge from the incision, but it seemed to be clearing up so we thought she was good to go.
Last night at about 9:30, she started getting a fever. It went up to 101.7 in 45 minutes. She also has muscle and back aches. So, we took her to emergency, in Grand Rapids, last night and they gave her much more antibiotic and transferred her up to Lacks Cancer Center where we stayed over night.
Today the docs decided to remove the port because it is apparently seeping bacteria into her blood stream causing her fever. They will remove the port at 3:00 today. Though no fun for our beautiful Jenny, infected ports and their removal/replacement is fairly common.
The oncologist said she will not replace the port since Jenny only has 2 chemos left.
I am back home now but will be heading back in a little while.
Jennifer is one tough chick. She's got this.
Thanks, Jamie, for taking the girls.
Prayer requests:
That her surgery will be flawless today
Her fever will quickly go away.
All infections will quickly be healed.
Thanks!!
Love Jon
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