Cycle 4 - Day 10

Niamh had a relatively good night sleep last night, all ready for her few days in hospital.

The car journey to the hospital went well, Niamh seemed happy enough. But by the time she came out of the car, she didn't look happy anymore. We know the signs now. Quick get into pushchair, grab sick bowl (which I had miraculously packed), just on time for the vomit/ng tube out! Luckily we were on a deserted street, the weather was lovely and mild and all the sick went into the bowl. It could have been a very tricky affair. In the end we walked away with a calm and clean Niamh.

We made our way to Ward 15. Niamh was very happy again, feeling much better. She had a busy afternoon. Speech and language therapist came for a while and then physio with Louisa. For the first time on Ward 15, she walked around the corridors holding my hands. She was glowing with pride. Louisa was very pleased to see her progress.

The neurosurgeons came to check on her too. No concern at the moment, we just need to keep an eye on the fluid/bump. It has been stable all week.

The oncologist came at the end of the day and said that he will book an MRI Scan for the end of Cycle 5, so towards the end of April.

As far as her chemo is concerned, Niamh had the Cyclophosphamide this evening, it is given over an hour, and she had her last dose of Etoposide. She will have another dose of Cyclophosphamide tomorrow and then that's it for Cycle 4.
She will need to stay in hospital till Sunday afternoon/evening as she needs to remain on fluids till then.

Niamh's counts today were:

Haemoglobin - 10.
White Cells - 2.6..
Platelets - 98.
Neutrophils - 2.1.