"Mummy, what's for dinner tonight?"
This was the first thing Celia asked when she woke up at 6.15am this morning.
The doctors had warned us that increased hunger was a side effect of the steroids Celia is taking and today this really started to kick in.
It was a long day in hospital with the patient receiving more chemo and platelets. They also decided to put her on a drip for a couple of hours as her blood count was a little low and the pace of killing the Leukemia 'blasts' had slowed. There was a lot of squealing as the canular was inserted this morning but apart from that Celia was a complete hero, sitting calmly all day from 10am to 6pm watching TV, drawing or playing with the iPad as the nurses carried out their procedures.
Luckily we had brought plenty of food as her appetite was insatiable and the stir fried beef with ginger when we got home was worth waiting for, albeit a lot later than usual.
Tomorrow is an early rise for a return to hospital for another operation, starting at 8am. She has to fast until after surgery so it will be interesting to see how her new monster appetite copes without breakfast.
This was the first thing Celia asked when she woke up at 6.15am this morning.
The doctors had warned us that increased hunger was a side effect of the steroids Celia is taking and today this really started to kick in.
It was a long day in hospital with the patient receiving more chemo and platelets. They also decided to put her on a drip for a couple of hours as her blood count was a little low and the pace of killing the Leukemia 'blasts' had slowed. There was a lot of squealing as the canular was inserted this morning but apart from that Celia was a complete hero, sitting calmly all day from 10am to 6pm watching TV, drawing or playing with the iPad as the nurses carried out their procedures.
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| Running out of fingers to prick! |
Tomorrow is an early rise for a return to hospital for another operation, starting at 8am. She has to fast until after surgery so it will be interesting to see how her new monster appetite copes without breakfast.
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