Yesterdays' scare...

We have been going for the blood washing for the past 3 days...which is a long and very draining process for Michael....Yesterday, we were on the final washing ...they drew blood and discovered that his platelet count was low so they made the decision that he would have to stay for another hour or so to replace the platelets....OK...so this has been done before...Yes...we would be there another couple hours...OK...but then something happened....He turned beet red...his throat closed up...he couldn't breathe...Doctors came in....and I was asked to leave...they gave him a shot of Benadryl and his coloring started to come back...perhaps some sort of allergic reaction...OK...but within minutes his body started shaking...uncontrollably shaking....he was covered in warm blankets, but he kept saying he was not cold....again...Doctors came in....I was asked to leave...He started to get a fever...More blood was taken...cultures...and counts...eventually the shaking stopped after about a half hour...and his fever went back to almost normal....This was the scariest thing I have seen since this whole thing began....Now, I was not in the hospital the night that his blood would not clot and there were 4 Doctors taking turns applying pressure to his tubing in his neck...because I am sure that would of scared me too...Up until yesterday, I have been going along...being the dutiful wife...standing by my man as they say...but yesterday scared the heck out of me....Yesterday brought things into a different light for me...yesterday made it a little more real for me...Yesterday after we got home and I made dinner...when I could finally find a space in the tub to be alone...Yesterday I cried! I have to call the Doctors office this morning to see what the next step will be...the results of the blood work...blood transfusion? ... chemo? or maybe...just maybe....a day off for good behavior!