30th May - Day 10

Busy day for visitors today, but good company for Jon, first visitors of the day were Sarah & Aaron, I arrived just after they left at lunchtime but Jon said it was great to see them both. Thanx Mandy for babysitting so they could both come.

We then had someone form filling to do, but didnt take long, and finally Jon got to see the season finale to Lost.. I forgot to take it in yesterday and got told off! as soon as we set it going the doctors then came round to do thier rounds, typical but everything was fine and they are pleased with Jons progress. Jon finished watching Lost, I caught bits of it from behind my magazine.

Then his evening meal turned up, now its been a bit of a battle to get Jon to eat everything, Its hard with mouth ulcers and the tinny taste thats beginning to creep in, but I told Jon (with my motherly voice) that he had to eat it all, when his meal arrived today he ate the soup no problem, then said he was too full for the cooked meal, we took the lid off and it was the tiniest omlette you have ever seen so he did eat it. Then had crackers and a tiny bit of cheese for pud. He then looked at me and said "see I did eat it all bossy britches", but then I noticed he had ticked small portion on his menu.. Im not going to win this one.

In the afternoon Jon started getting cold and put on his jacket, and changed from shorts into joggers, he even put socks on, so I asked the nurse to check his temperature again and they did a while later, his temp is back up. So they have taken lots of bloods and other samples from him again, he is neutropenic at the moment with his blood count at 0, so he may have picked up an infection, or it could be because they stopped one of his anti biotics today.

Kim visited this eve which was great, she got to see how mean Jon is at giving away his blood, the nurse had no problem finding a vein, but the flow is really slow, and when it came to getting a sample from the bead he was holding onto his blood and not sharing, took a while when it came Jon cheered and said "see you can get blood from a stone" Just as this was happening a couple of firefighters arrived so I took them off to the day room till Jon had finished having the bloods taken, Sorry I didnt get to say cheerio Kim, catch you next time your in.

Tony and Chris from Hungerford Firestation visited Jon for a while, was good to see him laughing and joking along with them. Almost could forget there was anything wrong seeing him animated and happy with his mates. They commented on how well Jon looks.

I stayed a little later this eve, till the doctor had been round re Jons temperature, she said there wasnt anything to worry about that everything else is fine and the cough he has now and again isnt on his chest. They have been asking for a few days if hes coughing so I guess it must be one of the symptoms they look out for.

eek look how long this blog is sorry essay again, oh a quick note about people who want to phone Jon, you can phone his landline number thats been given to you anytime, if he doesnt want calls he can unplug the phone or switch his mobile off.