Ethan continued on antibiotics and oxygen until thursday when he was given the all clear to go home. The plan being to have the weekend at home, have a cardiac catheter on monday and admission to Monash for chemo on tuesday.
As it turned out, we all had gastro, and the weekend didn't work out as planned. Ethan normally gets the worst effects of any bug going around, but other than a couple of vomits and a 39 temperature, he coped the best. We were concerned the cardiac catheter would not go ahead.
Come monday, Ethan was pretty good on arrival at RCH. Ethan's oncology and cardiology consultants had a pow wow monday morning and decided the cardiac catheter wasn't necessary at this stage. His cardiac status is fine at the moment, so he just had the non-invasive tests (echo and chest xray). It was decided to concentrate solely on getting the cancer treated first, then worry about the cardiac stuff later. Made sense to us. Home monday night.
Ethan was admitted to MMC today for his week of chemo, although this appears to be a 3 day treatment for some reason. Slight mishap today in the day oncology unit, when the pump infusing the adriamycin fell off the pole and spilt it around the place. The nurse's went into panic mode and got the cytotoxic spill kit out. Wasn't impressed with the situation.
Anyway, Ethan got to his bed, watched some Thomas, and went down for the night.
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Although the distance between us is great, I think of you all often and keep updated with this link. I was so pleased to see the recent picture of Ethan, he looked very happy in spite of the many obstacles he has overcome. I must agree with other comments posted on this site, you two are truly amazing. I hope Erin & Adele are both well, give them a squeeze for me. I look forward to seeing you all in November.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LUKE. HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND EVERYONE HAS A BIT A TIME TO STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES OR WHATEVER TAKES YOUR FANCY. KEEP THE GREAT WORK OF KEEPING THAT LITTLE GUY HEALTHY. LOVE THE WEBSITE. LOOK MOST DAYS, PART OF MY ROUTINE. LOVE FROM FRANKIE XXX
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