Tuesday 14th October 2008

Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Doctors are stupid - hospitals are rubbish!!!! Spoke to the doctor at UCH on Saturday and explained that Sarah was coughing really badly, and asked the question - 'Would chemo go ahead?' Yes was the reply, so we headed off to UCH Sunday afternoon in a rickety old ambulance (as Dave was in Somerset with Katie on a hockey jolly). Arrived around 5.30pm, and Sarah was checked in, picked her bed, had bloods done and waited for the doctor. Doc checked her over and tutted a bit, mmmmm'd a bit, and then sent her for a chest x-ray. Back in about 10 minutes, all clear. Mmmmm'd a bit more and rang the consultant, who decided that 3 days antibiotics wasn't enough, and as they couldn't give methotrexate with antibiotics, we were to go home and keep taking the tablets. I then had to phone Dave, (who had just arrived home from Somerset), to come and pick us up!!! (Sarah was as pleased as punch I might add, but I was not and neither was Dave!!!) Came home still coughing, and continued on the tablets. Today, the hospital phoned to say we were to stop the tablets, and come on in tonight for chemo tomorrow - 1 hour later, the doctor phoned to say that they didn't have a bed!!!! So, we have to go in tomorrow, for chemo Thursday, and we won't be home until Sunday. This throws all our plans for 2 weeks time, as we were going to Cannock to watch Katie play in the England Hockey Futures Cup and we've booked the hotel!!!! Tomorrow they are phoning back to see if we can sort something out - I have asked to be delayed until Sunday - then at least we can be out on the Thursday night in 2 weeks time, and can only miss 1 game on Thursday. Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!! They seem to forget you have other children when they do these things - everything stops AND I HATE IT!!!!!