The Walk Beside

The only way is up

Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Cam.
Categories: Let's talk.

We received good news yesterday. Cam’s blood counts have turned the corner and started to increase. Our specialist was relieved to be able report this after admitting to recently having sleepless nights thinking about Cam. He stressed that “this is very good news”, or to quote one of our first haematologists who put it more aptly “this is bloody brilliant”.

We did end up commencing the new drug to treat Cam’s pneumonia. We got to discuss this at length with our doctor and, having heard the pros and cons, we were happy with this decision. This drug is needed to treat Cam’s pneumonia, now that we know its not a bacterial or viral pneumonia (apologies for the “nursey” talk).

Cam still has a temperature and had a bit of a rough night last night. This should hopefully improve soon. Once his temp has returned to normal over a few days, he will be allowed home.

Cam and I procrastinated all afternoon, delaying shaving his head- but after accepting that there now was enough hair on the hosp floor to knit a sweater, we agreed it was time. Carmel and I turned Cam’s room into a make-shift hairdresser’s, improvising using plastic bin bags as the cape and a shower chair. So expect to see a variety of headwear being modelled when you next see Cam.

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