Day Plus 18

The last few days have been tough. She currently has the mild symptoms of graft versus host which is what we have been expecting. She has developed a rash, her bum is really sore and she has developed mucasistis. For the last couple of days she has been waking up and throwing up a combination of mucus and blood, not very pleasant at all. She had been waking up through the night in pain and during the day it was clear she was suffering from discomfort inside. The specialists are on the case though, and when symptoms have manifested they have been treated. In addition to the regular doctors and nurses we have had visits from Pain Management Specialists, Tissue Viability Specialists and X ray Specialists. The morphine has been increased so she now has a continual background feed with an additional push from the nurses. She has been given oxygen whilst sleeping as her SAT levels were low. A chest x ray was carried out as a precaution and all found to be good.  She has had a couple of temperature spikes and paracetamol has been administered. She has now had 3 blood transfusions and 3 platelet transfusions. Her Neutrophils however are showing signs of rising. Yesterday they were 0.12 and today they are at 0.14. As her Neutrophils rise we are expecting to see the illness’s slowly decline (touch wood). These are usual symptons for someone who has undergone a stem cell transfusion so altough it is not pleasant it could be a hell of a lot worse.   Even with  a swollen face and doped up with morphine she still likes to sing and perform the actions to head, shoulders, kness and toes.