It is 7.30 am and Henry is still in bed, that is unusual, he is always the first to be up.
I go to his bedroom to see if he is ok. He says he feels very tired.
I tell him to come to get some to eat and his tablets. When he comes to the kitchen I realize that his face is swollen; his eyes and lips specially. He has had trouble breathing during the night but has not complaint about it. Henry never complaints about nothing.
It could be an allergic reaction to chemo, even though he is taking steroids for it, so we phone to the chemo Clinic at Charing Cross Hospital and explain the situation. Henry is advised to go to any A&E. We decide to go to Charing Cross, where he gets his chemo treatment.
Four minutes after arriving to A&E he is called in. They are extremely diligent with Oncologist patients so he is taking to a private room where within an hour, maybe less, they carry out a full check up. Blood test from vein and oxygen levels from his artery. An X-Ray scan and a CTG scan.
i explain the Oncologist what happened after chemo and the fluid overload so as all tests come up perfect they assume that Henry has been retaining fluids. The gave him two diuretic tablets and that' s all he seemed to need. Apparently steroids also make you keep fluids so it must be a combination of both.
We head home in a cab so Henry can spend the rest of his birthday at home.
Thanks God!
I go to his bedroom to see if he is ok. He says he feels very tired.
I tell him to come to get some to eat and his tablets. When he comes to the kitchen I realize that his face is swollen; his eyes and lips specially. He has had trouble breathing during the night but has not complaint about it. Henry never complaints about nothing.
It could be an allergic reaction to chemo, even though he is taking steroids for it, so we phone to the chemo Clinic at Charing Cross Hospital and explain the situation. Henry is advised to go to any A&E. We decide to go to Charing Cross, where he gets his chemo treatment.
Four minutes after arriving to A&E he is called in. They are extremely diligent with Oncologist patients so he is taking to a private room where within an hour, maybe less, they carry out a full check up. Blood test from vein and oxygen levels from his artery. An X-Ray scan and a CTG scan.
i explain the Oncologist what happened after chemo and the fluid overload so as all tests come up perfect they assume that Henry has been retaining fluids. The gave him two diuretic tablets and that' s all he seemed to need. Apparently steroids also make you keep fluids so it must be a combination of both.
We head home in a cab so Henry can spend the rest of his birthday at home.
Thanks God!
