Seth

Seth

Monday, July 12, 2010

The final needle and what a mess!!

Today, Seth had his final needle and the plan was that whilst he was under GA for his bone marrow and lumbar puncture they would give him the needle. All was going well and Seth was put to sleep no trouble (we had to record it on our phone for him to look at later so he could see how quickly he falls asleep - very cute). They wheeled him out after the procedure and tell us that they haven't given him the needle because the pharmacy didn't have it ready. We were so upset, because we had told him over and over that he wasn't going to have to feel the last needle. That was the only good thing to look forward to today. We tried to keep him asleep for as long as possible in the hope they would get the needle to us before he woke, but alas, no luck! He popped his bald little head up about 15-20 minutes after they wheeled him out and the first thing he said was "I've had enough of sleeping". We were not looking forward to telling him the news. He was so sad and our hearts where just breaking. So, we had to hang around for another hour until the needle came, then we had to hang around another 45 minutes to see if he gets a reaction. We have to be back at hospital tomorrow at 9:30am for a new set of chemotherapy drugs. Tomorrow's chemo will take 6 hours to transfuse and hopefully he doesn't end up having a bad reaction. We also get the BIG news as to whether he is in remission. Hopefully he is and we can continue as planned. We added the video of him going to sleep. Very cute.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Brett, Ali, Seth and family, I've just been catching up on Seth's progress etc. My heart goes out to you all. The head shave looks so very funny and it's great so many shaved with Seth (cute). You are in our thoughts and prayers for some good news and remission :-) Love Shell, Carly & Kaitlyn Bonner xoxoxo

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  2. Thinking of you all, you all look just hilarious, and it seemed you had the funniest day with the big shave! Miss you all, but we are having a lovely time.
    Love Annie and Mase

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  3. We have heard here in New Zealand of the trial your family is going through. Our family has children similar ages so feel for you deeply. Like many of your brethren here in New Zealand we are remembering you all (and Seth in particular) in our prayers. May our loving and gracious Heavenly Father show His mercy on you all to effect a full and speedy recovery for Seth.

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