Hi
To put it bluntly today was crap. Immie had a really rough night, allowing us to see every night hour from 11 to 5. She was in quite a bit of stomach pain and then between that she spent the rest being sick, which involved a bed change every time. I awoke about 6.30 and quickly went off to have a shower and get a coffee. Immie dosed on and off, and woke several times in the morning to once again be sick. The codeine and other pain relief were not working anymore, our nurse Louise requested that the pain team be contacted and they arrived at 9.30am, and wrote up morphine to be given to Immie.
Then the Dr Nick and his team of Doctors arrived for check up, he came into have a close look at Immie and she put up a fight (a good sign that she still has fight in her and she is not just lying around sick). He got a quick look at her mouth and lips, which looked very sore, and her stomach pain is believe to be related to stomach ulcers and no stomach lining. As these cells are the ones that are rapidly replaced, and when there are not cells to do that job, as the mega therapy killed them, well the only way to get better is too wait for the magical stem cells to do the job and start making the necessary cells. In the mean time after the morphine made our Imogen much more comfortable, she was given more anti nausea drugs, drugs for anti fungal, drugs to increase her potassium, and a mixture of antibiotics. The oncologist and doctors are working together to find Immie the right mix to make her as comfortable as possible till her stem cells show evidence of their hard work, which will more than likely be up to 2 weeks.
Imogen slept on and off all day though managed to form a strong grip to Olivia’s hand when she arrived late the afternoon ( I am so happy she is here). Immie and my sister have an incredible bond..I am consistently calling Immie – Livi and Livi – Immie as they remind me of each other. Livi lay with her, and Immie dozed on and off, a little while later Jas arrived and we all sat with Immie till about 7pm when Immie wanted a bath, then she managed to chuck up on me. So after both being cleaned up, Jason went to pick Kody up from his Nana and Pop’s and Livi stayed a little while. Then she went home and the beautiful Sharon came to see me before her shift in ICU.
As of now Immie is laying watching Bottletop Bill on her little tele.
I hope she gets more comfort and sleep tonight.
Love Fee
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