Thursday, 1 October 2009 - Day +52

Another horrible start for Drew, he awoke to Emla patches on his hands, so he knew he was in for more needles. Dr 'Gas' (Dave) came just after Drew opened his eyes and I really didn't think it was going to go well - but to Drew's magnificient credit yet again he let us do it without struggling, although under the mask he was saying "I'm not happy". The day before under the gas he was actually laughing as we were talking about 'wet willies', which is all to do with wet fingers in ears, not anything else and Dr Michelle and Lucy only came in on the tail end of the conversation, and Drew just looked at them and said "it's boys stuff". We went off to have an ultrasound on his arm, which showed that the blood clot was still there but was now non occlusive, meaning blood was getting through, so hopefully no more needles in the leg, they will recheck the clot on Tuesday. At 12.30pm we went over to the Prince of Wales Private hospital for Drew to have his endo/colonoscopy and NG tube inserted, he was starving. The procedure was very quick and everything looked 'beautiful' Dr Arvie said but to say Drew woke up less than happy would be an understatement. His NG tube had come out of his nose slightly and had to be pushed in, Drew was yelling very angrily that he wanted to go back to the ward and that he was starving and didn't want to eat their food and wouldn't let the nurse push the tube back in. Finally with the help of an orderly the three of us managed to push it back in and he went back to sleep until 8.00pm. He had a blood transfusion through the night, as his HB was a bit low and apparently it is also routine after the procedures he had undergone.