Thursday, 9 October 2014

3 Million, but who's counting - oh that's right, ME!

Day 10

This is going to be a brief blog, well as brief as I can probably get since once I start babbling away I don't seem to know how to stop typing!  I know Paul updated the FaceBook page to let you all know results which was great as I didn't have it in me to type a single thing after yesterday but looking at the blog it doesn't seem right if there is just no entry for Day 9 so here's a few highlights!!  It's a bit of a blur and I'm still completely zapped so it may or may not make sense...  Lets go for the dot points!

  • 3am - last of the stem cell injections (yay - not that they hurt to much but who likes being woken up at 3am in the morning, not me...)
  • 6.30am - Not a good nights sleep but time to get up so I can have a quick sponge bath and a cup of tea before it's time to get hooked up again
  • 8.30am - Dr Fedorenko comes with the amazing machine and I'm hooked up again for another 5 hours.
  • While away the hours again with FaceTime to kids, reading and movies and being fed and watered by my lovely husband.  Very tired but it's hard to snooze as you don't want to move to much.
  • Finally finished at about 1.30pm and Dr Fedorenko says all is good and we'll find out numbers around 4pm.
  • Hungry and guess what's on the menu for 2pm lunch, yes the favourite, fish soup and tongue - what a celebratory lunch!!
    Fish soup & Tongue! (Matt's favourite!)
  • Paul pops out to buy pizza - yummo!!
  • Numbers are in and I've got close to 3 million stem cells which is fantastic news - happy dance everyone please for me!!
  • Now the jugular catheter can be removed, a lovely nurse comes in to take it out and Anastasia talks me through it (I hold her hand again, bless her, makes me feel safe).  Bit scared about having this removed but it's not so bad at all, a bit of pressure and weird feeling but I'm getting used to those, keep pressure for 10 minutes and don't move for 30 minutes..  Very exhausted and so drift off to sleep for an hour.
  • All I can manage now is food (yes pizza), water, staring blankly at a movie and I need sleep.  The catheter is out, no injections tonight, sleeping pill in order, oh this is going to be a lovely nights sleep!

That's about sums it for the day so now I haven't missed Day 9!!..

What a day, What a Result!  We have 3 million Stem Cells ready to go, yippee!!

I read all the beautiful messages on the FaceBook page this morning where Paul had posted and they made me cry...  I'm always overwhelmed at the support you are all sending our way.  We are feeling so loved and cared for and I love reading everything that has been written. xx

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