Well chemo number 13 is currently in progress. Unfortunately they are out of beds and therefore they are sending me home afterwards. The last time I went straight home after chemo I ended up back in hospital and very sick. I suspect the difference was not having the fluids pumped through me so this time I am staying and having 2 litres of saline pumped through me before going home and hopefully that will flush my system out a little.
I was released from hospital on Friday from my spider bite and ended up back in on Saturday night for a short visit. On Friday night, Nat, Tim and I went to Cirque De Soleil and it was absolutely brilliant. Our jaws and necks were sore from being so tense as the stunts they were performing were absolutely incredible. Somehow though, Tim and I managed to catch a tummy bug. By Saturday night I could not even keep water in and was in a lot of pain and Tim and Jess drove me to the Mater. They checked me out and ended up giving me anti spasmodic drugs as well as fluids and Panadeine Forte. My neutrophils were up to 11 (normal is 1.5 -  and that was causing a lot of bone pain and then my tummy was going into spasms from the bug which was causing tummy pain. Eventually at 2am they released me and I had a quiet day on Sunday.
Sunday was also a sad day because Natalie went back to London. Tiernan was very upset and as she was leaving begged her not to go - he could not understand why she was leaving him as he does not think anyone else cuddles him the way she does!! Although we know Chris misses her heaps we cannot wait until they are both back in Brisbane for good. I think with everything that has happened to our family this year we are really learning to appreciate just how precious time together is and how easily it can be taken away. I feel that we are closer than ever and it is a nice way for a family to be. I suppose we have all needed each other a lot this year and going through what we have just makes us even closer.
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