Friday, 25 September 2009 - Day +46
As uneventful as yesterday was, today was the complete opposite. Drew's Doctor came in at 9.30am (Mum still in pjs - its amazing the first week or so everyone is here, you make sure you're dressed before the Drs come in and by about the 3rd week if they come and you're in your pjs you don't give a toss) and said she had booked him for an ultrasound for his abdomen, at 10.00am, a bone scan, a CT scan and an echocardiogram. Quick shower and off for the ultrasound all good there, Drew was injected with radioactive dye for the bone scan and then we went back to the room for 2 hours before having the scan - all good there. Late afternoon was the CT Scan and thats where the plan came unstuck. They couldn't use the PICC line to inject their contrast dye into (he had already swallowed 300mls of some foul tasting liquid) as it would blow the PICC line so they wanted to put in a cannula - ah sorry afraid not. We took the masked man back to his room and they rescheduled the CT Scan for Monday morning and we shall put the cannula in under gas - he seems OK about that at his stage, hopefully it will go better than Tuesday did for him. His temperature hit 39 today, although his white cell count and neutrophils were good. (Bad luck Joey and Jacob, you'll have to tell the Jets, the ball has to go between the posts to win).Hello 4G, thanks for your message, when I'm feeling better I shall drop you a line.
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Hey Drew, don't talk about the Jets to us - don't think they'd know what a post was even if it fell on top of them!! We give up - we've swapped clubs once and for all - Man United all the way now!! They've always been our No.1 team anyway - apart from Red Star Belgrade. You probably haven't heard of them. Our dad's from Serbia (ex Yugoslavia) and they are no.1 team, apart from Partizan. They are our two favourite clubs. You seem to be having a bit of a rough trot at the moment. All those needles and canulas and things must really annoy you, but hopefully you are getting better each and every day. We liked the photo of you and your brothers out the front of the hospital - saw Dano's name on Project 22 - too bad he didn't make it to Confirmation Week - we think he'd make a great Socceroo. Well guess he can always try out for that blue and gold team that YOU support? We didn't try out - too far away for us - might just go to Serbia instead!!! Anyways, chin up and keep those doctors and nurses on their toes and just make sure you keep getting better OK. Say hi to your mum and give her a big cuddle because she probably needs one. Take care and we'll talk again soon. Jacob and Joey xx
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