Hi Nelie --

I thought it was you who had had the fevers post-treatment -- and I believe I read someone lese's ad was hopistalized woith same sort of thing.

Anyway, thankfully, Barry's temp is now normal and has been since Monday -- we spoke to the doc today and I think they will "spring" him tomorrow. The blood culture was negative so no staph, he definitely had a slight pneumonia per xray and chest sounds but still waiting on sputum/nasal cultures.

I can't believe how much better his mouth has gotten in last couple of days (maybe the three antibiotics have helped, if so, how much of folks' post-treatment mouth problems and slow healing involve latent infections for which they are never tested?) In any case, he ate mashed sweet potatoes for lunch with no gravy, which he never would have been able to handle this past weekend. But the spicy soup they gave him was out....

This all might be his body's trying to deal with healing and recovering from the radiation...we are not expecting immediate results and are taking things as they come...

Thanks for the help,
Gail