Monday 01 February 2010

Wow, I just typed the date in and can't believe it's February already - the days have tended to blend into one big blur lately.

Fantastic news - Luke went down to get the central line put in around 12pm. All went well and he now has his permanent central line in his chest. It looks and no doubt will feel strange to Luke having a bit of tubing with two lines coming off it dangling from his chest.

They cleaned up the wound from the failed central line on the other side of his chest this morning. The blood clot around the wound came off in one large clot however it is still seeping slightly. For the information of those who were unlucky enough to see him in that state, it now just looks like a bleeding sore with a patch on it.

Being as anxious as we were about trying this procedure again, we walked all the way into the angiography room this time. Unfortunately the nurse who had been so kind to us after the 1st attempt said that the same radiographer would be doing the procedure and it was a good thing he knew about Luke and would be more careful this time!!! Can't say my nerves were too good at that point!! However within 20 minutes or so she came out and said it was all done and he was fine.

He came back up to the ward and ate some lunch. His blood levels have dropped again so he his having 2 blood transfusions this afternoon/night. Some people are interested in the numbers so:
Hemaglobin was 85 yesterday / 74 today
White Cell count 1.4 yesterday / 1.0 today
Platelets 36 yesterday / 26 today - one could only hope these had increased from the levels of 13 he had the other day. He has had 2 further bags of platelets since Saturday. Platelets do not last long in the body.

Dr Dipti Talaulikar (we just call her Dr Dipti) saw him this afternoon and said we will commence chemo tomorrow.
Murray has just ducked into work quickly (with Amy in tow) and Luke is sleeping. Once I post this blog I'm also about to put my head down for a nanny nap. It's a bit like the old days in the maternity ward of trying to get a bit of sleep when the baby does - except I've got a much bigger baby now!!!!