Saturday 13th February 2010

Well Murray, Amy and I ended up going out for dinner last night and Luke convinced us to go home for a decent nights sleep while he was feeling okay and not having any treatment. Shame it didn't work as Murray and I didn't have a very good sleep and had the weirdest dreams all centred around looking after Luke - we ended up having a nice little conversation!!! Luke on the other hand seemed to have a lovely peaceful night with no one to nag him. Murray went in first thing this morning.

I really don't have much to report. Luke had a day without chemo today and ate all day long. I really don't know where he is putting it. He had cereal and vegemite on bread this morning. Lunch consisted of pizza and scrambled eggs (strange combination I know but on the hospital menu he wasn't sure what the pizza would turn out to be so he thought he'd better put in a special order of scrambled eggs from a special neutropenic list he's been supplied) / then Nanny brought in Salmon mornay and baked potato and a bread roll. His afternoon snack was hot chips from the cafeteria that Murray went and asked to be freshly cooked (as hot food has to be hot - not sat festering in a tray). Then dinner was roast pork, potato and vegies followed by a Wokka noodle box (that he has mad cravings for at the moment).
He is putting weight back on and is currently 79.1kg.

Luke started watching the Winter Olympics - opening ceremony. I guess that will be one benefit of sitting in front of a hospital TV during the day!!

His blood levels are:
Haemaglobin 94 / White Cell count 0.9 / Platelets 53 and Neutrophils the weekend staff didn't count.