Panic Over!

Its thursday and we were woken up this morning early by the surgeon ready to take Lauryn to theatre to have her Wiggly removed. After signing the consent, which always panics me slightly, as they run through the complications that could occur, we got sorted and headed over once her platelets and anti-biotics had run through and started the process of being put to sleep. Lauryn was very apprehensive being put to sleep as she now knows that when theres no wiggly in place, she will need to have a cannula put in, which she absolutely hates. 

So she was put to sleep (by Sam the anaesthetist, who is absolutely lovely and always puts us both at ease, we love him) and I was sat waiting for her to come out when Myles came out to say that they have realised that the line is actually still very secure further up under lauryns skin and that they have tugged on it and it didnt budge. Also, the infection around the exit site seems to have cleared up.... so, the line will not be taken out.

I wish I had got a camera with me to film Lauryns reaction to this when she woke up from the sleep....the first thing she did was to ask where Dezzie was, and the second was to check both hands for cannulas....the confusion then immense relief on her face when I told her she wasn't having her line out and no cannulas was priceless!!!!! Better than christmas morning!!!

So, Lauryn is currently at hospital school and I am sat waiting for the doctors to do their rounds to see when we are likely to be discharged home. Lauryn has not had a temperature since tues at 6pm, so as per protocol she must remain on anti-biotics for 48 hours which takes us to 6pm tonight....but then we have the small issue of waiting for the cultures to return from Tues when they tested the infection site. They are due tomorrow morning, but as Pboro did some on Monday, I am hopeful that Adden will use those results rather than wait for their own to come back. 

I do hope we can go home, I really hate being here. Dont get me wrong, the ward is lovely, staff are brilliant and the facilities are exceptional, but I am constantly reminded of what we're in for. This ward is full of children who are oncology patients and its hard to forget. At Pboro, its different because its a generalised ward, and you can almost forget the reality of the situation, here, there are some extremely poorly children and it truly is heartbreaking.

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