From bad to worse....

Hi all, this is Frank on his dongle. This week started out promising, but has ended up very dire. We got back late Tuesday, a little shell shocked, to say the least, Sheila was not her usual self, more tired than usual, and I put this down to the long two days at Marsden. Wednesday she mentioned that she was passing a lot more blood with her urine, and we put this down to the chemo & Clexane. She wasnt too concerned as we were scheduled back up to Marsden on Friday, for blood check and probably more transfusions. We decided to stop the Clexane injections, as a precaution, we would ring Oak ward to confirm, but we never did.Thursday afternoon we set off for AbbeyWood, normal sites were either fully booked or had water mains problems. Long long journey. Got to site late, had supper and I finished updating her blog, she was really flaked out. Got to Marsden mid day Friday, ususal routine, bloods were taken, urine sample etc. Results came back within the hour, sheilas Hb count down to 7.4, two units ordered. When doc saw her urine sample, he looked concerned, it was red! Full examanition followed, more bloods. Chest X-ray & ultrasound for kidneys scheduled. Results came back, possible chest infection, but what really frightened us was "accute renal failure". Docs put us at ease, saying it was possible the blood clotting in the bladder, causing blockage in kidneys. not to worry.Oak ward closed at 20:00, but if need be we could use the ward next door. Called the Chevallier ward, it was 24/7.