Dose Number 2

Well the honeymoon is over.  Bennie had a great day today, but about an hour before dose number 2 came he started getting a fever.  Then dose number 2 was administered, and everything just went south from there.  His fever spiked to 103, his blood pressure shot up to 200/90, heart rate was around 150, and he was shaking violently from the chills.  It was scary for awhile.  As soon as he starts getting chills the nurses have Demerol ready, and that will usually help pretty quick.  Since his fever was so high the Demerol didn't really start working for an hour.  Finally they gave him some Tylenol and he is starting to come around again.  He got his xbox connected tonight and seems happy, but he needs to get some rest before Dose number 3 comes at 1 a.m.  Hopefully his fever goes all the way down before that comes.  And hopefully it isn't as bad as last time.  It is really hard on the body shaking like that.  It is scary not knowing what will happen to him from dose to dose.  He seems ok right now... so that is Dose number 2.  Bennie wants me to write all of this down, so the next time he comes in he knows what happened and when to have all the medicines ready.  Whew that was a stressful couple of hours.  Luckily all the nurses here are wonderful and so nice and helpful.  I just ordered Bennie a little bit of dinner, so hopefully he can stomach some of that and get some rest. 

I keep checking on Matt next door, and he has been asleep all day.  I hope he is comfortable. 

Thanks again for all of the prayers!!!