Day 4 - Stem cell transplant
We are home! Yayyyyyyyeeeeeeee.....my bum is rather sore from sitting on that hard chair ;)
Jimmy is doing really great. No major changes apart from a little nausea again after his chemo. He has also eaten better today than he did yesterday. He had his PICC line removed and I was allowed to stay and watch. Quite amazing to see, apart from the fact that they pulled at least 20cm of pipe out of his leg/groin. I had a good laugh because sister Masi removed the line but when he moved Jimmy's gown over so that he could get to it he exclaimed "oh....it's quite small". He was referring to the size of the tube which had been used and I started to giggle. He took one look at Jimmy's face and burst out laughing, trying very hard to explain that he was talking about the tube!! Once the tube was out he had to apply pressure to the area for 30 minutes so that a decent clot could form.
Jimmy has been issued with a bag full of medication ranging from antibiotics to nausea etc which must be taken for the next 2 weeks. On Monday I will be on a mission to get hold of 20 Neupogen injections. We have already been told that this exceeds our medical aid allowance of 10 per script.
We are going to have a very quiet weekend watching sport and movies as no going out or visitors but maybe this is just what Jimmy needs while his body deals with all the chemo.
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