Unfortunately we had a little sickness going around these past few weeks. Benson started out with it – a fever and a cough. The cough lingered for a bit, but he seemed to recover quickly. Thursday was Claire's day off from dialysis but unfortunately she didn't have a good day. She was starting to get what Benson had and just didn't feel well. On Friday during her dialysis she spiked a temperature to 38.5°C and that makes them suspect a possible infection in her hemodialysis catheter line. It is routine that if they spiked a temp greater than 38.2, they draw a culture and start antibiotics in case she does have an infection in her line.
Along with that routine procedure comes in overnight stay in the hospital. So back up on the eighth floor we went. Room 802-our six week home away from home-was taken so we got put in room 817! Kree and Amie were our nurses and we got to see many other nurses there we had known before. It was kind of fun to see so many familiar friendly faces and get exceptional care by our good friends. But still not that fun to be back in the hospital. Being in the hospital it's just not on my top picks of places to stay overnight! Benson and Jared came out for dinner and we got to go on a little walk around the hospital. The worst part has got to be the lack of sleep we both get while we're there. It's just hard to get any good sleep with vitals every four hours and doctors and nurses walking in at random times just wanting to take a listen to her heart! OK I don't need to rant and rave too much, I'm just grateful it was just for one night! I don't know how I did it for six weeks before! I guess we were just blessed with what we need when we need it. Endurance! We got to come home Saturday afternoon and get a great nights rest that night! Claire is doing much better now and turns out she didn't have an infection in her line, just the fever Benson had passed on to her. That's a blessing.
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