Hi... where do I start? Joe was taken in to hospital with severe abdominal pain in the early hours of sunday morning. After several hours of no news (you can probably imagine what I was thinking) we were told that Joe has adhesions that have caused kinks in his bowel. Treatment is, morphine, NG feed and iv fluids to rest his bowel and hope that this is enough to put it right.... Fast forward to this morning. I met him at the hospital for his oncology appointment and, to cut a long story short, he has multiple secondaries. His oncologist suspects that they may have been present before his chemo began last september but were not large enough to be seen on his PET and CT scans. They want to try and keep them at bay by doing another course of ECF because Joe was so well and seemed to respond to treatment. Problem now is that Joe is too poorly for chemo, I have a horrible feeling that the 'adhesions' are not all they seem. Joe took this all in, told his oncologist that he wanted all the news not just the fluffy version, then had a cry, not for himself but for his friends because he doesnt want them to be upset. My son is incredible, an inspiration and a truely brave soul. Im having a moment right now so will post again later.
Zoe xxx
