The final onslaught of Chemotherapy is well under way and Sarah is two thirds of her way through receiving her last dose.This high level dose of Cytarabine (Ara-C) really has taken its toll on Sarah yet again: she is extremely tired, nauseous and her appetite is severely suppressed, only managing to eat one doughnut & a few crisps each day (Homer Simpson would approve). She is currently on the Lawrence Ward on the 4th floor at Barts and unlike her last hospital stay is not surrounded by her usual cohorts Linn & Karen – although there is hope that all the gang will be back on GHF shortly.
Unfortunately, the new PICC line Sarah had been given to administer drugs and give blood had to come out 24 hours after it was inserted but thankfully this was done with minimal fuss and without the horrors of the Hickmann Line which was removed last month.
Her last doses of Chemo are due Monday 8pm and Tuesday 8am so by lunchtime Tuesday that will be that and it is just a waiting game hoping that nothing serious occurs, but knowing that this might be a possibility and each day will bring new a challenge. Sarah hasn’t seen the kids since she left them last Wednesday but in all honesty it would be unfair for their visits as both Sarah and the children couldn’t fully appreciate each others presence.
The search for knowledge is always there and I have recently discovered another blog about another Leukaemia patient, which contains video diary on a stem cell transplant (http://baldyblog.freshblogs.co.uk/)

“See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse”

Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD