Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men

Well, everything has been going so well up to know with Rhys’ transplant. The donation was all set to tie in with the 9^th for Rhys to have his transplant. We were getting packed ready to go up to Bristol tomorrow in order to get settled in before bloods, radiotherapy test doses and the chat with Michelle.

Of course it was too good to be true.

Rhys had a bit of a temperature this morning. When we rechecked it using the ear thermometer it was 38.4º. Checking it under his arm was slightly cooler at 37.8º. We checked with the children’s ward at Yeovil who told us to bring him in because of the above 38 temperature. Tray stayed home in order to continue sorting out everything her and Rhys would need for their stay in Bristol.

Doctor Nicole was at the hospital when Rhys and I arrived. By now Rhys’ temperature was normal and we all agreed that we didn’t want him to stay in hospital. As a precaution it was decided that one of the doctors should check him over anyway.

Rhys was feeling pretty fine in himself, his ear was hurting a bit. The doctor checked him over and everything looked fine. However, just as a last test it was decided to get Rhys to do a urine sample and test that.

A bit of time passed between Rhys providing the sample and the doctor returning. It did cross my mind that it was taking longer than usual to test his wee but it was warm in the Rainbow suite and the pair of us dosed off on the settee.

When the doctor came back he told us that the test had been positive and that they have found traces of nitrides. Having consulted with Bristol Rhys was admitted to Yeovil to have 6 hourly antibiotics.

This means that the entire schedule for this week will get delayed, if not the entire transplant schedule. At best Rhys wont get discharged from Yeovil until late Monday, if not Tuesday.

So best laid plans and all that we’re not going anywhere fast.

At least we’ve got the big plasma TV to watch things on.