Catherine's blog: 'Hospital day'

Thursday, 23 October 2008

'Hospital day'

We went to the hospital today for some more chemotherapy and to see the consultant. Unusually for a 'hospital day', Catherine was quite chilled and happy on the way to the hospital and was chatting about what was going to happen afterwards. However, when the consultant asked to feel her tummy, Catherine became very worried again.

The consultant was very pleased with her progress and Catherine is in good shape to continue with the chemotherapy. We now have a new chemotherapy drug which Catherine will take weekly at home. It is a pill which we can dissolve in water beforehand. Catherine will also be on steroids for a full week starting today. She will continue with her daily Mercaptapurine medicine (a chemotherapy drug) and her Septrin which she takes on Mondays and Tuesdays to prevent chest infections.

Last night, Catherine had pain in one of her legs and we were quite concerned about her. It settled down after a while and the consultant said not to worry about it.

All being well, our next hospital visit is in two weeks time when she will be having another anaesthetic and bone marrow test.

1 comment:

blessings said...: Hi Dawn, Mark and Catherine

Just wanted you to know that we are still praying for all 3 of you as you cope with hospital, college and life in general. Always remember that you have an amazing God on your side who delights in you and loves you all to bits!

Thanks so much for keeping up with the blog - it keeps us all 'up to speed' on how you are all doing, which really helps us channel our prayers in the right direction.

Finally, just remember - Don't tell the Lord how big the problem is - tell the problem how big the Lord is!

Love you all

God Bless

Carol; 25 October 2008 at 06:09

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