The 2nd Cytopenia

The thrombocyte count on Monday was not very good. We had to stay in the hospital for replacement. First we were waiting, finally it arrived, the infusion finished, then we left. Zorka wanted to sleep at home once more no matter what. So I asked the doctors to let us home if there was nothing else that required us to stay. They agreed, so by half past 6 we were at home. Our happiness didn't last for long, because at around 10 o'clock in the evening, I felt that she had a fever. In this case there's no option, we have to go back immediately. I was barely awake by now after a really tiring day. There was much crying but I managed to finally persuade her, that the best thing to do is to go back. This fever was really unexpected, since all the cell counts were good (except the thrombocyte count, but she got a replacement of that).
We left for the hospital at around half past 10, we played twenty questions along the way. That kept me from falling asleep. We laughed a lot on the animals and things we guessed right. To tell the truth I was crying all along, but she couldn't have seen it from the back seat... she only heard my laughter...
We shot through the desolate streets of Budapest, so we got to the hospital very fast. By then the fever decreased thanks to the pill I gave her. Right then at around midnight they started an antibiotic treatment, since she has no immune system now, so it's necessary. Starting on Wednesday however she needed another antibiotic treatment, because the fever returned again and again. On Thursday she needed a blood replacement. This time two replacements were enough, while she needed 4 during the last period of cytopenia.
They draw blood from two different places because of the fever. The central one is not enough, they need a punctured, too. This had to be repeated several times, since a blood sample was needed when she had a fever and also when she had not. A branula was also needed and the cell-growth medication is needle punctured, too...
We have a lot of needle punctures behind us. This time around it was really a lot. But finally now some well-deserved playing at home!