Well I got out of hospital last Wednesday and had a lovely day at home with Tiernan. He was so excited to have me home and he was so excited to show me all of his toys again. It was lovely to wake up on Thursday morning in my own bed, cuddled up to my wonderful Cam and then to have Tiernan run in and say good morning mama. Thursday and Friday were spent resting and catching up on bits and pieces whilst Tiernan was at childcare.
Saturday was our big shave day. Dad had coloured his hair red on Thursday and Ben had shaved his hair at work on Friday. On Saturday, dad, Tim and I all had our hair shaved at the hairdresser. Tiernan also had his hair cut. Friends and family turned up to support us and we had a great time - it was really fun.
Unfortunately the weekend ended up being a little more than my body could cope with and on Monday I got a cold. I ended up getting a fever (anything above 37 and I have to call the hospital). So Monday night Cam and I ended up at the Emergency department at the Mater. Unfortunately blood tests showed I had gone into a neutropenic phase which basically means I have no immune system. So I was admitted to hospital. The neutropenic phase is not good for two reasons - firstly I will catch any bug /disease that I am exposed to and secondly my body has no fighting power against it. So at the moment my simple cold has developed into a chest and sinus infection with my lungs operating at 47% capacity and I am on 4 different drugs to fight that. Then I get another drug to try to build an immune system up again. I am stuck in here now and not allowed visitors until I get back my immune system. As I am not well they may have to delay tomorrow’s chemo. Being pregnant the most I can have for the pain (one of the drugs causes bad back and leg pain) is panadol. So I am feeling a little sore and sorry for myself at the moment. I am in better spirits tonight though and haven’t had a crying, feel like my world is coming to an end episode for about 6 hours now. At least this episode has taught me that my body is a little more fragile than I realised and that when I do get home I really do need to take it easy. The only way to learn is the hard way sometimes!!
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May 11th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
hey there, you were a very brave girl on Saturday Bernadette. Your hair looks great…honestly. You might want to wear a hat to keep your head warm so that you don’t get anymore of these fevers and colds. Are you going to post pictures on the site, or does it take up too much room. If you want someone to compress them down, I am more than happy to do that for you.
take care
tielxx