It was _lovely_ to see Eleanor this afternoon. We sat and chatted for 2 or 3 hours, punctuated by yawns as hospital is definitely a rather soporific place. I heard about her current work and plans for the next couple of months. A real treat to see her.
I didn't get nearly enough sleep last night. Between observations, antibiotics, folinic acid, new bags of fluids there was a lot of disturbance! By this morning I was so tired that when I came to at about 8am for the next lot of antibiotics I realised that I slept through the last fluid bag change completely.
So the good news so far is that my temperature is normal and the pH measurements have gone alkaline and the chest x-ray was clear. The less good news is that one of yesterdays blood cultures showed a bug, though the doctor this morning wasn't sure if this was a real bug or a contaminant and won't have the answer from microbiology until tomorrow. So if all is good and the blood results show that the methotrexate concentration is low enough the doctor thought I could go home tomorrow evening. If not, not.
So far the side effects are the usual tiredness and also a touch of queasiness that has put me off my food quite a bit. Thankfully no sickness yet, though.
I'm looking forward to a pleasant evening finishing my book and then watching the last episode of 'Call the Midwife'.
Thanks for all the lovely text messages I have had - really appreciate them.
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