Luke’s update

04 March 2009

Dear Family and friends

I have not given you an update for the last two week because I’ve been waiting for something positive to report. Thing have not been great. Luke was discharged from hospital after the intensive chemo on the Saturday before last. When he came home he had diarrhea but the stomach ache had stopped. This persisted and on Tuesday Mads took him back to hospital. He had an infection in his tummy and they put him on an antibiotic drip which he went on every morning when he went to the hospital. Things were not getting any better and Mads was worried about his chest which didn’t sound good. Unfortunately his taste buds have been affected and he also has ulcers in his mouth and lips which are beyond anything I have ever seen. We are not even going to talk about the hair loss. Moving on…on Sunday his temperature spiked and Mads and Brent rushed him to hospital where he has been since. He defiantly has a chest infection together with the stomach infection, has been on three different antibiotic drips and progress is very slow. Need I add that he has had an allergic reaction to one of the antibiotics? Last night he had a couple of seizures but the brain scan was clear this morning. He is heavily sedated and very confused.

Thursday 6th March

Things seam to be a better this morning Luke is making a lot more sense he can’t remember anything from yesterday and the diarrhea has slowed down. Have we turned the corner……………………let’s hope and pray