Awful Few Days

Holly got home on Sunday night and you could say it has all gone downhill ever since.

She started vomiting at 4am on Monday morning and was sick throughout the day. Monday night was dreadful, she was sick every hour so no sleep was had.
Tuesday we were due at clinic at Lister (our local hospital) to see Amos as he was visiting there. It was touch and go whether I would be able to get Holly there as, by now, she was extremeley weak and not wanting to move anywhere. The nurses had come in the morning to do a blood count and her platelets had dropped to 1!!!! She was also neutropenic so was very susceptible to any infection. This left me no choice, I had to get her to the hospital as she was going to need a platelet transfusion.

We got there in one, slight bedraggled piece and saw Amos. He had been worried at how poorly she was being but told me, after examining her, that he was really pleased that she was actually better than she was the last time he had seen her (about 3 weeks ago). He is cautiously optimistic that we are seeing a response to the chemo. He did insist on her being admitted to local to try and get the sickness under control. I will also be taught how to give the extra anti-sickness through her Hickman line, this means we won't have to struggle to give the meds orally. Holly had 2 bags of platelets and all her various meds and I was looking forward to a peaceful (ish) night.

No chance. Holly spiked a temperature of 38.5 at 2am this morning. This now means we are in for a minimum of 48hrs while they try and find the source of the infection and start anti-biotic treatment. Holly is so weak that any infection is not good news so we have to get on top of this.

Addenbrookes seems like luxury compared to the local hospital, I am sleeping (or not) on a camp bed! The doctors do not know her and I am constantly explaining things and chasing things. Temperature has just been checked again 39.4! Looks like we will be here for a while...

Holly is thoroughly miserable and I don't blame her. She feels so sick and is being constantly poked, prodded and being asked questions. It has really made me appreciate the fantastic care we receive at Addenbrookes and the doctors who are always on top of things.

This feels like a really depressing post, I didn't mean it to be, this is all normal after the chemo Holly has just had. Its just tough to go through.