Friday 12th February 2010

Luke and Murray had a bit of a disjointed night with Luke having to have blood taken at 1am. This was a blood test that was needed 12 hours after the injection to treat the protein in the blood. He had another usual blood test at 6am. The doctor came in this morning and said that the test showed an abnormal result that could have been caused by contamination in the line (the stuff they use to clean the central line) and this could have affected the results. They took more blood at around 11am. I've just spoken to the intern and he said this test came back fine. However it did show that the fibrinogen level was on the low side again and they will give him 10 more bags of cryoprecipitate tonight (clotting agent).

The other problem I mentioned is that Luke's blood sugar level was 19 yesterday. It was 3 this morning and they just checked again at 5pm and it was 16. So it must be the prednisolone causing the problem. Not quite sure what they are going to do about this at the moment.

Luke continues to say he is lightheaded when he stands up. They have taken his blood pressure a few times lying down then standing up and it the range immediately changes by 30 and his pulse is racing. They are going to keep their eye on this.
His appetite is going strong and he put on a kilo today 78.4kg.

Luke had his "bee sting" injection at around 4pm. He must be getting used to it because it's not being as painful.

Blood levels today - not much change from yesterday:
Haemaglobin - 98 / White Cell Count - 0.8 / Platelets 48 / Neutrophils 0.31


Not sure if I mentioned earlier but Luke has had a blocked left ear for about 5 days. They had been trying to soften any wax with olive oil. They decided to call in an ear specialist today and he suctioned out the wax. He ended up having quite a bit of wax in both ears. He can hear us now - and I thought it was just selective hearing!!!

Murray, Amy and I are thinking of heading off for a dinner out somewhere tonight - once we get Luke settled after his dinner. Depending on how he is going we may all end up going home for a good nights sleep in our own bed and one of us will come back first thing in the morning.