poem for my son

  • re:sons denial-last post i wrote-on 18/09/2010--continued...

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    I forgot to say that my sons stoped taking any medication-including the cyclosporin--so not only is he running around like the fittest person in the world-but for approx 4mnths now he's not taken any medication either........

  • RE: 2ND SCAN.17/08/2010

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    ANOTHER UPDATE-18/09/2010

    RE: SONS SECOND SCAN-ON 17/08/2010:

    MY SON tells me, that he can't face ringing, & he doesnt want to know the results-Ive offered to phone UCHL for him, to get the results-but my son doesnt want to hear--He'll say to me- "Oh yes please", but when push comes to shove he wont let me. I know he thinks the cancer's back--& since ive hardly seen him all this year--I can't fill him with…

  • update-son,lifesupport, stemcells fighting back?

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    Thankyou everyone-all your positive thoughts must've worked, I was with son today, as they reduced the amount of paralizing drugs, & see if he'd come round. He started taking the odd breath for himself....they took him off the machine, & he is now breathing unaided-(except he has oxygen still). The tube's out of his throat, & 'venflon' in wrist with about Six attachments is gone-he's attached…

  • seeing my son today.....

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    What I saw today will haunt me for life...my son, lying on a hospital bed, with tubes everywhere-he's on a bypass machine; something else is BREATHING for my son! He's 'paralised' from a 'drug induced coma', got something breathing for him, has got a  tube in neck, with about 6 attachments, tubes down throat, tummy, arms. A catheter. Something to aspirate the green fluids oin his tummy!!! Jeez...…

  • hello new life: begining of the end for son.....

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    Well today son started the chemo,GEMPLASTIN(?) which he'll have to have for next 3wks-once wkly, to  'keep on top of things', as specialist put it, until he's admitted at Uni Hosp Euston for transplant.

    He'll be going in on tues 2/12/09 for 6wks-ish, for transplant of donated stemcells-donor has been found. I havnt seen transplant team yet to now how close a match it is.

     Once admitted, he'll get the…