Tuesday, 1 September 2009 - Day +22

Today started off well, with Dr Frank down in Sydney dropping in to see Drew. Then Lawrie rang to tell Drew that Adrian Caceres had left the Mariners. Drew's blood count dropped slightly, but neutrophils stayed at 0.2 - Doctors are happy with that, only seems to be Mum who's worrying. I had a sore throat and elected to have a nose and throat swab to see if I have a cold, as I don't want to reinfect Drew. Unlike Drew I would rather have my nose swabbed than my throat any day. The day went downhill when it was shower time for Drew, he didn't want one, didn't have one and didn't talk to Laura (nurse) or myself for the best part of 5 hours. He also had a blood transfusion, which required 2 bags of blood, which came from 2 different donors. The first bag was fine, but Drew had a reaction to the second bag and came out in a rash, his blood pressure went up and his heart rate went down (apparently normally the opposite happens if you have a reaction) and his temperature went up. In himself he was fine, but he had all the Drs come around for the 2nd time today. Consequently, the new drug that he was due to have was put off until tomorrow. At least by the end of the day he was back to his happy self - we'll see what tomorrow brings.