Seth is still in hospital unfortunately. Initially his Temp kept spiking and the hospital policy is to keep them in for 48 hrs after the last high temp. Well he was due to come home last Saturday night but his temp went up and then it was up Sunday and Monday but has been okay since.
The problem now is his blood counts. There are cells in your white blood cells called neutrophils which are there to fight any bacterial infection and Seth basically has none as the chemo treatment has killed them off and as yet they haven't grown back sufficiently. The Doctors are a little concerned as he hasn't had chemo for a few days and his levels should be back up.
Anyway, the short version of the story is they wont let him come home till his counts are at an acceptable level and the poor little guy is going stir crazy and is hooked up to a drip for fluids and antibiotics 24/7. He is starting to get quite moody.
He is in Campbeltown paediatric ward at the moment but they are not as well set up as Westmead, so, if his counts are still down tomorrow they will transfer him and hopefully he will be a little happier. Westmead is also better set up for Parents so Ali will be a little more comfortable as well.
The bed they provide for parents was designed for hobbits I think as even Ali's feet are hanging of the end of it.
Anyway, as a result, his final round of chemo for this phase of his treatment keeps getting put off until his counts improve so hopefully it will happen next monday and hopefully Seth wont be in for to much longer.
I will update you further when I know more.
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