Sunday, 22nd May

 Hello 🙂

Yesterday there wasn’t much change with Jimmy.  I definitely see he is more comfortable now that they’ve sorted out his backlog 😉. Although still nauseous. 

His white blood cell count was 0.3 so they have started with the Neupogen injections once a day. I don’t know what his platelets count was but he also had a platelets transfusion. And because he had lost 3kg already, Prof gave the go ahead to feed him with a tube. 

Today his platelet count was 39 so the transfusion helped and Dr Botha said he would have another transfusion when they drop to 30. His white blood cell count was 0.1 today. I missed the red blood cell count but he had to have a blood transfusion today too. His blood pressure is 102/66. I remember him having low blood pressure with his last SCT too. 

He didn’t eat his breakfast or his lunch today but did have 1 shake which he said was nice, cappuccino flavour ☕️.  And they also started the tube feeding. It isn’t done through his nose like before but intravenously which is much more comfortable. It’s 2 bags of a milky looking substance, and when they’re finished they connect the next 2 so looks like it’s all day. He also started having diarrhea today 🙁. Sjoe…from one extreme to the other. They’re also giving him something to prevent bleeding.

Jimmy slept most of the almost 5 hours that I was there, probably the low white bloods and platelets. 

Today was the 6th day post  stem cell transplant so I think we’re in for a bumpy ride towards the middle/end of this coming week. They’re taking his temperature every 2 hours and so far so good. I know with his previous SCT they said that if he could get passed 10 days without an infection then the worst was over and Jimmy ended up getting an infection on day 10! 

He is in good hands and I need to be strong and stay positive. 

🥰 

 

Jimmy's intravenous meals