Coming Home?!

We were due to start Lauryns new block of chemo today-the Capizzi block, but it requires her to be fit and healthy with a high blood count before she starts.  The basic aim of the Capizzi, is to give her chemo every 10 days for 8 weeks, with the level of toxicity escalating until she gets too unwell to tolerate anymore...lovely. Today was supposed to be the first of a 3 day week of strong chemo, but unfortunately we are unable to start til she is better, so chemo being delayed.

Lauryn has hospitalised since last tuesday night, when we rushed her to our local (Peterborough) in with a high temperature. As you probably know, due to the chemo, at specific stages through her treatment, her blood count is extrememly low and she can go down to as little as 0.01 of a neutraphil (part of the white blood cell that controls immunity), so even a cold will send her temp soaring and means hospital on anti-biotics for 48hrs minimum, with 24 hrs of a clear temperature.  This accounts for our many many MANY trips to hospital!!

Is very difficult to see your little girl so full of energy and normal one minute, then literally within the next 5, she is lethargic and unwell. Must be even worse for Lauryn, having had a bath with her sister and being put to bed, just drifting off when Mummy comes in, puts a thermometer in your ear, drags you out of your cozy bed, gets you dressed and ships you off in the cold to a busy, noisy hospital. 

So tues, anti-biotics administered, but by Saturday Lauryns temp was still 'spiking' which means it was still above 38 degrees, so we were transferred by ambulance to Addenbrookes for further tests and stronger medicines. By sunday, Lauryns temperature had stabilised and we are now 

waiting for the doctors to release her!!

15.49pm

So the doctors' given us a pass home, we have to take Lauryn to Pboro hospital every day to have anti-biotics-thats fine, as long as we get to stay at home and she remains temperature free!!! Wooohooo, my dad has gone to pick them up because Evie isnt allowed on the ward at all, so should be back home for cuddles abit later this evening!! Cannot wait!! Back to normality for a little while, bathtime with the girls, bedtime cuddles and arguing over bedtimes (!), definately stuff you take for granted when your stuck in hospital.