Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Back to hospital today for a blood test and a visit to the Psychologist for both Drew and I. Jodie was lovely and both Drew and I feltcomfortable talking to her. Drew's bloods were good, HB 96, Platelets 166 and neutrophils 2.5, so we were soon on our way home. Unfortunately we got a call at 4.00pm, telling us that we actually had to come back at 8.00pm tonight, so Drew could be prehydrated in readiness for tomorrow's chemotherapy. When we got to hospital I also had to tell them there is a good chance Dane has a mild dose of chicken pox. Although Drew is vaccinated the chemotherapy wipes all his immunisations out, and having chicken pox and being immune suppressed is not a good place to be, so poor Drew had to have an injection in each thigh to counteract the possibility of him getting chicken pox. As Drew now has a high aversion to needles in his thighs, you can imagine the scene that followed, once it was over he came good pretty quickly.