Sarah's Back

Sarah's return home was greeted with the hottest few days of the year, as summer finally seemed to emerge from the clouds. Obviously, fortune was starting to shine again and Sarah spent some time with her family and we even enjoyed our first bar-b-q of the year on Friday night.
Saturday we ventured into Southend High Street, a past time that we havent exactly missed. From the afternoon we celebrated my mum's birthday with all her family; Abigail & Natasha certainly enjoyed spending time playing with their cousins and it will be so nice once they have moved back to the Southend area.
Sunday we spent relaxing, knowing that Barts was awaiting for the last and final hospital stay in Sarah's fight with AML. We arrived on the GHF ward aat about 6.30pm, to be told that the doctors were expecting us at around lunchtime. Our past experience had taught us that the Barts timekeeping was something that was left to be desired so it made a welcome change to think that we had kept them waiting.
After an initial consultation with a new doctor, Tony, he queried why we had returned as Sarah's counts on Thursday were very good (neutrophils 6.7); so he took some more blood samples and granted us leave to head for the Pizza Express at Farringdon. Upon Sarah's return her blood test results were waiting and Sarah was neutrophenic (neutrophils 0.0) and her platelets were down to 12. So she would need the regular post-Chemo transfusions on Monday - oh what joy back to the familiar routine. It is rather ironic that Sarah feels extremely well and thanks to my Aunt Christine, who sent Sarah some LifeMel Honey. This wonder honey apparent ly helps to boost people with low immune systems, so Sarah cant be any lower than she currently is so thats hope the honey can give her boost to get through cycle 4 and home in good time.