Monday, 11 May 2009

Drew woke up pretty ordinary this morning, vomiting in fact. He didn't want breakfast and when I weighed him, he had lost 1.3kgs since last Tuesday. They gave him a pretty thorough going over, as his shoulder and elbow were aching. Kahn (Dr) came in to examine him and his mood perked up considerably. Dr Kristin came and visited him too and gave him some volcanic rocks she had brought back from Vanuatu for him. Drew also had a relaxation session with Ronnie, Lisa and Sean. Drew was up and down all day, feeling OK then pretty ordinary and he also had a platelet transfusion. Kahn came back with another Dr (Smith) who gave him another thorough neurological examination, with all seeming to be OK - he charmed the pants off them. Drew had to swallow 200mls of liquid, before going over to have a CT scan - this was a two part operation. The first part was to examine his head and neck area, which was all OK and the second part was to examine his stomach area to see if there was any area of infection, which was causing his temperature to keep spiking. The end of Drew's bowel was inflamed, which meant that is where the infection is, common in neutropenic children - so antibiotics and neutriphils, which he has 0 at the moment, will cure.