Deb with her bandage - today - 24 hours after her operation - taken with Sam's IPhone
I went to see Deb this afternoon (Kate also turned up having been given the afternoon off work ) and then during the evening visiting with Sam & Kate. All Deb's tubes have been removed including the catheter. She had got up and has been walking to the toilet.
Mr Kay had visited and was pleased with her progress. He told her if everything went well she would be discharged on Sunday. Fred, Clinical Nurse Specialist had also been to see her. He said they would let things settle down for a week and arrange for Doctor Sanghera, Oncologist, to see Deb in his clinic on 2 August. Deb had been wrong about her new dosage of steroid; she is in fact having 4mg, 4 times a day ie 16mg in total. This was the same amount they started her on when she was first diagnosed. This high level will only carry on for a short while and will be reviewed at the appointments with Dr Sanghera. Fred is hopeful she may be able to get off them altogether.
Tomorrow the nurses on the ward will change her bandage. the new one will be a lot smaller. She is very red in the face but her temperature is normal. This is a side effect from the steroids.
Deb said her head felt more compressed but her headache was not as bad. The nurses had stopped giving her morphine and she was now only on paracetamol. She did feel very tired. She has not slept much for 2 days. It is not helped by the man in the next bed continuously talking to himself. If possible they will move Deb to a quieter ward tonight.
She looks good doesn't she?
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Hi debs, So good to see you sitting up snd looking good so soon! Dont think much of your bandage- They wouldnt get their nurses bsdge in the guides with that!!!!!! Hope you get home Sunday as your own bed makes sleep soooo much easier. Thinking of you all, X Hil and Brian
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