Max had another uneventful day today and spent most of his time playing games, drawing, watching television and reading books. Mawa (Christine) came this afternoon to relieve Bee and I and had a lot of fun teaching Max how to play a (Dora themed - naturellement) Snakes and Ladders.
Max was in full voice today - without the assistance of Xylocaine. Hopefully this means that his throat and mouth are on the mend. His stomach appears to be bloated (and has done so for a while) but all examinations by doctors have found nothing distended and his belly is quite soft to touch. Maybe he's just like his father. His fluid balances and daily weighings show that he is not retaining fluid which is a good thing. Very small traces of blood have been appearing in his wee but then again, the doctors have said that this is nothing to be too concerned about at this stage. We once again tried turning down the pain relief medication, but we found that he became uncomfortable and irritable quite quickly afterwards so we turned it up again.
For those readers wondering 'what's with the lack of poo metaphors in recent blog updates?' well thankfully his diarrhea has settled down over the past few days. Late this evening however, as we were preparing Max for sleep, we discovered as we went to change his nappy that not only had he filled his nappy to the brim with ones and twos, its contents had decided to do a little adhoc decorating of the back of his tshirt and his sheets. Cue quick bath and full linen change. We wound down with a game of improvised basketball, using a toy boulder as the ball and a toy truck as the basket. And that's how the weekend ended. Tomorrow (Monday) marks the two week anniversary of Max's transplant. Hopefully he has turned the corner and it won't be too much longer before we are out of here.
Below are the latest statistics.
Blood Counts:
White cell count: 1.5 (6.0-17.0)
Neutrophils: 0.69 (1.5-8.5)
Haemoglobin: 103 (110-140) *
Platelets: Not Available (150-400) *
Neutrophils: 0.69 (1.5-8.5)
Haemoglobin: 103 (110-140) *
Platelets: Not Available (150-400) *
The Ladder:
1 - Hawthorn
2 through 16 - the rest
Thankyous:
- Mawa for the game.
Cheers,
Tim
Great to hear that Max is feeling so much better and the neutrophils are coming up nicely. Lovely to think that you'll be out of the hospital soon.
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Sumathi
Max is really a "tough cookie". Glad you get some good moments.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is .....Go Pies. And go Max you little beauty. What courage. Loved the video! Keep up the good work guys, you have a great deal of strength as well as being surrounded by much support and love. See even Collingwood supportes have a soft side....big loe from the McGraths xx
ReplyDeletevery gracious of you Julia(I must confess I am a lapsed magpie)!!!!trio starkers we are loving the upward trend of those figures...GO Max;and,keep the stamina up Mum and Dad!!What a time to kick goals!!(suggest not behinds at this piont!!)]
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Sorry for a wrongly used expression. The "tough cookie" was meant to indicate how strong Max is and how well he goes through all those tests and treatments. Checked it too late to see that the meaning is a bit different. Thanks for forgiving a guy like me who wanted to be funny and was not.
ReplyDeleteOur best wishes for further progress.
Reino.