Portacaths and pantomime

Sorry I've not updated for a bit but I've not been well enough to blog.

Catherine is feeling low at the moment, so she has been at home with me for the past two days. I know she is not feeling good because she quite happily agreed to not going to school, despite the fact it was ballet day. Her neutrophils (immune system) are almost rock bottom and her HB is also taking a bit of a nosedive since her lumbar puncture and chemo. She is also on steroids so her moods are all over the place.

When she had her bloods taken, they found that her portacath (the little gadget under her skin used to take blood and give chemo) had got a bit blocked, so she had to have lots of heparin in it to flush it out. The nurses were very worried because a blocked port is not a good thing. However, we are hoping it is ok for her next bloods. We really don't want to have to replace it as it involves an operation.

We have been given two tickets from the Hospital to see the local pantomime next week so I'm just praying she will feel better by then. She is a real panto lover and is so hoping to see Cinderella. Last year she saw Peter Pan and didn't stop talking about it for ages.

Thankyou to everyone who continues to pray for Catherine. Please pray that her portacath doesn't need changing and that she doesn't get any infections or side effects from her treatment.

We still have just under a year's treatment to go...