Monday was even worse...
fever was hovering around 100.1 to 100.5 mid-morning,
spent the day in bed mainly...
after lunch... when it jumped to 102.2 ! :o
Immediatly started eating shaved ice the wife ran
through the blender, cold/ice cloths at top of head,
forehead, and throat...plus another on my chest with
dampness applied to the veins at my elbow joints.
Didn't take long to get it back to a 'safe 100.1... ;D
Tuesday was no problem, 99.0,
and I could feel the difference easily.
I wasn't trying to be hard headed so much...
knew there was a problem,
but body feeling fine and healing exceptionally well.
I had an appointment with my surgeon for Wednesday AM
( yesterday ), and I did fax him my blood pressure and
a temperature "chart" with an explanation of what was
happening, all of this Monday as the temp. began to decrease.
Fever or no, progress on urine retention
is even spectacular.
Yesterday was 18-days out of the hospital
and I only dribble a touch when I loose concentration...
I can go two-hours easy without a leak,
then pee a stream on command.
The doctors check-up was smooth, fever completely gone...
remember, I was on hard core anti-biotics...
for 16-days, yesterday evening the last one.
A new culture check in progress with yesterdays urine
sample, should know results tommorow ( Friday ),
and may need to take more anti-biotics,
but he doubts it...
Said most likely those were the two days my body put up
the big fight against the infection and most likely on
the road to beating it. Still, if more is required...so be it.
All else is looking good...
Thanks for the sharing of info again,
that's my purpose with these posts...
hoping others who experience simular events can use my/our
"problems" to make 'informed' decisions...
Although,
for most people...
high temperature is not something to ignore
and should be treated with perhaps a bit more caution...
especially if you are older, weaker, etc.
Like so many that spent time in southeast asia...
I have fought a small-grade case of malaria for 37-years,
each year or so it has lessened in intensity.
Never a chance of 'beating' it, just coping.
Point is, I suffered freezing chills one-minute,
and then would be soaking wet with sweat the next.
So, it 's not like I haven't been here before.
Like the absolute worst case of flu you've ever had,
but it seemed to skip a year or so in between bouts.
I'll update when the lab report comes in...
( and I await your chastization mother Patricia... :-* )