Tuesday 17 March 2009

Back to John Hunter today, we got the worry box out of the wardrobe (this is an imaginary box that I tell Drew to put his worries in and we'll get them out on the day). Drew had his blood taken and the results showed he had a whole white count of .2, 0 neutriphils and 5 platelets, his haemoglobin was good at 85, these results were expected with his intensive chemo, but leave him very vulnerable to infections. Drew had a platelet transfusion before getting reacquainted with his old friend Chrissy (vincristine). The worst part of the day was his Asparaguts (Asparaginase) injection. This is an injection into his thigh muscle, which he HATES, with good reason. The worries were let out of the worry box in a flood and it took a lot of talking to calm him down enough to have the injection. Once it was over we both had a good cry, 10 minutes later he was fine. Unfortunately he has to have another one on Friday.