Afternoon in the ER

After Jimmy was racked by a hard chill this morning, we piled on the blankets and cranked up the heated mattress pad, but he was soon burning up with a 103.2 fever. He took Tylenol and Dr. Stubbs' advice, and we headed for the Emergency Room.

Another chest Xray proved negative, and blood tests looked okay, but as the ER doc said, "If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck." Cases of pneumonia are rampant in Valdosta right now, and Jimmy has all the symptoms, so chances are that he's developed a pneumococcal infection. People like Jimmy, with compromised immune systems, are particularly susceptible.

Jimmy got intravenous Levaquin, and since Dr. Jones said that oral dosage is just as effective, we got a prescription and came home. The last thing either of us wanted was one more night in a hospital.

They did some blood cultures while we were there, but we won't get any results for a day or two. And that's all I know.