Thursday, 14 May 2009

Drew woke up well, and he has .3 of a neutrophil - Dr Liz said he may be able to go home soon, as long as he doesn't spike any more temperatures. Block 3 of his intensive chemotherapy will start Thursday of next week, when apart from having his bone marrow aspirant and lumbar puncture Drew will have his portacath changed to a central line. A bonus of this in one way is the lines are outside his body, so he won't have to have a needle to access his port, the bad thing is because there are external bits (I'm sure there is a proper name for the bits) there is more chance of infection. Drew did some school work and had another visit from two of the Newcastle Knights.