Hands

Maddy has experienced her last 'new' drug on this cycle. It's called Cytarabine and it's administered very slowly over a continuous period of about 5 days. So far, there has not been much evidence of side effects...except for a couple of relatively minor things. Minor today perhaps, but they could become more significant over time perhaps. Her hands have become a bit sore and rather hot, especially at night. - she thought it might be to do with opening all those Coke bottles, but the Cytarabine is a far more likely candidate. It's treatable with creams however. The other effect is quite weird. A couple of times over the last 2 days she's asked for her fleece, complaining of feeling cold. Now just think about the weather we're (well most of us) enjoying....?!?!? The hospital aircon isn't that efficient.
Meanwhile she's enjoyed seeing plenty of visitors over the weekend - Julie & the boys both days, Wendy on Saturday, and three lots of schoolfriends plus a mum (Mary).
Alex visited on her own on Sunday morning - here's a pic, taken in the day room.



Julie's back on duty tonight (Sunday)) after a couple of nights off.