Hi everyone,
It's our last full day today and I really should be packing. Somehow or other we have alot more 'stuff' than we came with... can't blame it on the shopping expedition to the biggest Mall in America either as it didn't materialise. The trip takes about 1 1/2 hours and the bus didn't have a loo so we could not go. Restrooms (American word for loo) have become quite a priority in our lives - we know every one…
It's Wednesday, October 28th - bit of non day weatherwise (dull, grey skies with a bit of a chilly wind) reminds us of home on the Isle of Man. Andrew had quite a good night - he's now waking up every 2 hours during the night to visit the loo. His appetite is good too, eating 5 small meals a day which keeps me pretty busy either cooking or shopping. He still looks pale and wan and feeling very tired most of the…
Hi everyone, we left hospital on Thursday evening with Andrew still feeling a little wary of getting through the night and being in 1 piece by morning. I understood his concern as he had to be rushed into ER the day after his biopsy last June - after catheter removal he could not pee so had to rush back to be emptied. And then just last week he had to be re-admitted after 1 night at home with abdominal pains (which turned…
... from the rooftops! Last night Andrew tried cream of tomato soup - his tube was clamped and this was a test to see how well he tolerated it. Great success, so this morning the NG tube was removed from his stomach and he tucked into a bowl of oatmeal, topped with brown sugar and full fat milk. We did a couple of walks around the quadrangle and now he's studying the menu for lunch - his appetite is definitely back…
Tuesday, October 20th
When Andrew had his CT scan last week they noticed a pool of fluid
lying right next to his new bladder - it was a lymphocele. He had 46
lymph nodes removed during his surgery so not surprising really that
this little pool had formed. Normally, it is absorbed by the body but
in Andrew's case there was an awful lot of it. Yesterday they put a
drain in to remove it - 310 ml came out!
Almost…
