Day +4 Neutropenic fevers

I woke up early this morning with full body chills and a new unexplained pain in my left jaw, right behind the angle of the jaw. I lied in bed fro about 20 minutes contemplating whether I could call the nurse or just go back to sleep. I eventually woke up Carrie and told her to call the nurse. After the nurse did a quick assessment, I found myself down in the treatment room getting prepped for IV antibiotics. My temperature was 100.5. The PA on call prescribed the antibiotic, Cefepime, IV three times a day until my counts return. The PA also ordered a blood culture to determine what microorganism was causing my fevers. He also ordered stool cultures to rule out C-Diff infection, which is a nasty little bug that preys on immuno-compromised people. The pain in my jaw is suspected to be an infection of the parotid gland, which is exactly what I thought it was when the pain started. It seemed like the antibiotics started working immediately because ass soon as the dose was over I felt a little better. I finally got back to my room at about 0445 of day +4. I spent the majority of the waking hours in bed trying to keep warm or on the toilet trying to … well, you get the picture. My appetite practically zero and I eat only because I need to keep myself healthy. I feel like I’ve had it pretty easy so far but I think things are about to get pretty deep.