Day 27

Holly had another good night. Her bloods were done early and her platelets were low. She is needing platelets roughly even 2nd day at the moment. This is quite normal and should become further apart as her counts improve. It was doubtful that she would be allowed out for the afternoon.

Holly passed the morning watching tv and on the computer. Her platelets were done quite quickly so it turned out that she was allowed out. Kirsty brought her home to me and she got to spend the afternoon at home with us all. Izzy was delighted to see her and was fascinated about her hair (you would think she was used to it by now!). She asked me if Holly was back because she was better now, I told her that Holly was nearly better and she would be home properly soon. Izzy wisely told me that the docotors were making Holly better again, even though they had taken away her hair.

It was lovely to have her home again, even if it was only for a few hours.

We are now back in Addenbrookes, Holly is just doing her meds. The nurse made the mistake of telling Holly that she could take her time doing them, and she is doing just that! I think the 7 medicines have now taken 35mins. She is multi-tasking, pushing her meds in and chatting on MSN.

It is good to think that we are approaching the end of this horrible stem cell journey. I know it was something that we had to put her through, but it has been so very tough, both mentally and physically. I cannot wait to be back at home with Holly. She cannot wait to be back at home. Lets hope that it will be very soon.