Both my parents were hospitalized with pneumonia just over a week ago. My mum came into the kitchen to make breakfast and almost immediately collapsed on the floor. When she came round, she asked my dad to call an ambulance. But when the medics arrived, they noticed that my dad was very ill too. He…
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Fever + Cancer
Laura’s has had an unimaginably hard week what with her on/off fever, rigors, drenching sweats (three nights in a row), coughing and vomiting. Yesterday, at the suggestion of her oncologist, we visited a local urgent care unit for a chest x-ray. It showed no metastasis (YHEA!!!!!!) and no sign of pneumonia (which the oncologist feared)….