Doing the dance again

Shane had a fever of 101.5 tonight, so he repeated the dance he knows so well by now: urine sample, blood culture, chest x-ray, CT scan.  Same routine, different day.  The on-call doctor hypothesized that Shane's fever was caused by a topical infection at the site of his IV needle.  We shall see.  Meanwhile, there were some successes.  Shane managed to eat a bit more today.  Using the walker he walked a loop around the oncology unit without his oxygen.  He sat up in a chair for three hours. A respiratory therapist came in the afternoon and said Shane's lungs sounded clear, so he managed to avoid having her thump on his back to make him cough up phlegm.  Shane received numerous calls from friends and was too tired to get back to all of you, but he asked me to tell you he'll call you back as soon as he can!