More Excitement

I had a follow-up with the plastic surgeon today.  She said everything looks fantastic and she removed the drains (ouch)!  Merry Christmas to me!!!  Her biggest concern is that the fever persists and she (and noone else) can figure out why.  I left her office at 7400 S. and Highland at 11:15 and was instructed to go straight to the IHC Clinic in Bountiful for labs before they closed at noon.  As soon as I got done with that, my doctor's nurse was outside the door and instructed us to go straight to IMC Hospital in Murray for a CT scan.  OK, couldn't I have just gone to the lab at IMC for the labs?!?  Sheesh.  The CT scan was to look at my lungs and heart to make sure they were good.  They had to insert an IV to inject radioactive stuff so they could see what was going on.  I can no longer have IV's or blood draws from my left arm because I'm missing lymph nodes on the left side.  My right arm is always a problem, veins are always hard to find. After two radiology tech's tried IV's, digging for veins in my arm, they called a phlebotomist to come and do it. She was able to get the IV in.  Argh.  I was laying there on the table thinking, "I can't believe it's Christmas Eve and I'm here doing this instead of what we always do!"  Heart and lungs look great, so the question remains . . .  why do I still have a fever?

I got a call from my primary care doc tonight.  She said everything from the lab looks fine too, there doesn't appear to be a problem anywhere.  The only other thing she can think of is that I've picked up a virus and that is causing the fever.  The weird thing is that I don't have any of the other "typical" virus symptoms.  So, we are headed back to the hospital tomorrow so they can swab my nose and throat and check for a virus.  That seems like the only logical explanation to me, after all the tests I've done so far.  Won't it be funny if it is just a virus?  After the expense of a CT scan (which, by the way, is completely covered by insurance)?  Ha!  I told Mat when we came home this afternoon, "I wish they'd just find something wrong somewhere so they don't think I'm making it up or being a drama queen!"  I told my doc that, she said "I wouldn't call you at home on Christmas Eve if I thought you were making it up."  I have the best people possible on my team!  : )  Thanks to Esther, she watched all the kids today.  It was only supposed to take a couple of hours, but she was on duty all day.  THANKS Esther!