They’ve taken her bloods, carted her off for a chest xray and now have her hooked up to some IV antibiotics (how about that for speed). They’re checking to make sure that Sam hasn’t developed something called neutrophenia. This is a condition that is caused when the number of white blood cells (called neutrophils) in the blood is low. If they get too low it can be very dangerous. Neutrophils (white blood cells) help the body to fight infection and people who are having chemotherapy are at risk of developing it. This means that if they get any kind of infection then there’s nothing to combat it. If it’s not picked up quickly then things can escalate and sometimes it can be fatal.
They’ve looked into Sam’s throat and they think she’s started to develop a throat infection (so they’re keeping an eye on that) and the chest xray is to make sure there’s no infection there too. She’s been told that if her blood count comes back too low then she’ll be spending the night here.
She gave the doctor the same look she gives me when I’ve done a bad injection. I felt his pain.
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Welcome to the Himalayas 
Sam huge hugs darling xxxxx