Monday 18th August 2008

Blood tests at our local hospital were fine for chemo to go ahead today, so we made the journey back to UCH yesterday evening. We requested our own room again because of the difficulty Sarah has going to the loo with her leg in a splint, but were told there were no rooms free and they were full. We therefore had to do the next best thing and chose the bed space with the largest square footage - we've been in all four beds now we are old hands, so we know bed 6 has the most room around the bed!! Last night was a bit traumatic, because not only was Sarah sooooo fed up and upset being back in hospital after a wonderful 17 days at home in her own bed with her daddy and big sister, but we were unfortunately next to a very sick little boy, who was hooked up to some noisy machine, which beeped loudly every half an hour (thats what it seemed like anyway!!) and every time it beeped, nurses came running! Sarah was hooked up to fluids at 6am, and was made to take a tablet, which is so big she has to have it cut into 4 pieces. Psychologically,Sarah always feels ill as soon as she is hooked up, even if its only fluids, so she spent all morning complaining of feeling sick. She still managed breakfast, and lunch of a cheese and ham toastie. Once chemo got hooked up, the sickness kicked in with a vengeance! The poor physio Claire comes to see her and every time she starts exercises, she starts to feel sick - Claire is taking it personally now!! However, Sarah managed to bend a little bit without her brace on which was a first. She was also put on this contraption which bends your leg for you when you are just lying down feeling crap!! She managed to get it up to 40 degrees before she complained. Hopefully when she is feeling a bit better we can get it a bit further.This afternoon she was sick, and this made her fall asleep, so hopefully she will start to feel better now the chemo has stopped.