And we thought we were done......

Meggie came home last Wednesday after having her "last" cycle of chemo. She was doing pretty well. She still had some nausea and her energy levels were a bit low but she soon picked up when I arranged for her to have her first horseriding lesson on Wednesday! She also went to the riding stables on Saturday as a "warm up" to help out and do some ground work; tacking up, grooming etc. She was in her element!! Unfortunately her nausea kicked in around lunchtime and she needed to come home. This was obviously a sign of things to come......... She remained pretty low for the rest of the day with no appetite, but no temperature, but by Sunday morning she was feeling worse. Her temp started creeping up so we called the hospital and were told to bring her in. By the time we got here her temp was 40.3 degrees C (or 104.5 degrees F if you still use that!) She was really sick. She said she was freezing cold but to the touch her skin was roasting. She was immediately given a dose of antibiotics and then put onto an IV. She was very neutropenic (i.e. no immunity) and anaemic. So much so that she ended up having four units of blood transfused throughout the whole of the night. By yesterday morning she was so much better. Her temp had gone right down and after having all that blood she was feeling great. We're still in PMH at the moment. She needs to be clear of a temperature for 48 hours before they're happy for her to go home. The also need to get the results of her blood cultures to see if there is an infection in her infusaport which may have caused her infection..... So we're waiting for these results now and if we get to 6pm this evening without a temp spike and as long as her blood cultures are negative, we should be able to get out......fingers crossed! We have to be out in time for tomorrow's riding lesson!

It's really ironic.....Throughout all of the chemo that Meg's had, she's never once had a temperature that caused her to be admitted, and she's never needed blood transfusions (other than during her surgeries), and now after her last chemo, she gets both! We're just very lucky that she's been as well as she has between all of her treatment, and that we've only had to do this once in the last 16 months.......

We're back in to PMH on 22nd and 23rd June for all of her final tests; bone scan, CT scan, kidney function test, hearing test and bloods. A week later we'll meet with Meg's oncologist to find out the results. THAT will be a big day, and hopefully one full of good, positive news..........