Wednesday 5th November

We managed to get back in to UCH Monday lunchtime, after an 8am blood test revealed Sarahs counts had recovered enough to carry on. Went for a heart echo to make sure her heart had not been damaged by the chemo, and it was fine.So, chemo went on at around 5pm, and all has been fine since. Sarah has been on good form, no sickness, and physio is going well - still no weight down but the physio is working on it! She has now managed to get her leg bent to 90 degrees which is an enormous improvement, so now we only have 8 more days left in hospital, we really need to get her to stand. Chris Henry, the bone tumour nurse, got her to admit it was fear, not pain, that was stopping her progress, so if we can break through that, we might get her going!! The improvement in 3 weeks has been huge, so long may it continue. I'm still frustrated by her lack of weight bearing, but I have confidence that the physio will succeed where I can't. Stanmore might be an option for hydrotherapy and physio once her hickmann line has been removed, so I haven't given up by a long shot!
Looking forward now to 10 days at home, but dreading the likelihood of high temperatures and admissions to the local for blood transfusions.
Due back in UCH on 16th for the penultimate chemo, so if all goes to plan, everything will be finished by 27th November!!!! It can't come round soon enough!!