Owen is coming to the end of this 29 day block of treatment. We were in today to get his weekly medication, including the dreaded double needle into the thighs. But his bloods had taken a huge dive from the chemo and he needed topping up. The nurse and Dr Domnie are really impressed with his health considering that his counts are so low. The body is remarkable.
He has his blood taken for testing and cross matching. We wait for results, see his Doctor, have his bandage changed and start filling him up. 1 bag of platelets and 2 bags of blood. A total of 750ml of blood products. It takes 2.5 hrs per bag and we ran out of time.
Tomorrow, he gets his needles and another bag of blood. And he has to wait 4 hours in case of an
allergic reaction. He misses out on 2 days of school including the last day of term. Bummer........Left home at 7.30 am. Home by 7.40pm.
Tomorrow....Leave home at 8.30am... back by 4pm.
Owen chats to a psycologist today, as he has been worrying a lot about his mortality lately. Big thoughts for a little boy. The door is left open for more chats in the future.
Day Oncology. This where O spends a lot of his time. This is half of the room. In the other half is 2 beds and 3 more chairs. It is a nice bright room. As you can see everyone has gone home except a nurse who is waiting for Owen's bloods to finish. He would much rather be at school....
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