Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Drew woke up bright as a button today and was happy to see the Radiation team, who were the same ones from last night. No problems this morning, he watched the rest of the movie Goal and part of Milo and Otis and we were back in the room by 10.00am. He was given a drug today that destroys his T-cells, to help avoid rejection of the cord (apparently that's what your T cells do - fight foreign things in your body), this drug comes with its own set of side affects, he didn't have any initial reactions, but that isn't to say he won't have any. Back for Radiation Therapy at 5.00pm, no vomiting today so that was great. At the half way stage Drew got upset, because his whole body was aching, like the champion he is he chose to go on, rather than have a break, which would have meant getting unpacked and repacked again. He also got cold and when we got back to his room he had a temperature of 39 and to quote him 'felt like crap'. Antibiotics started, along with the host of other drugs he is on, had him feeling a bit better later on.