I'm sitting in bay 6 in PDU at Addenbrookes waiting for Caitlin to come back from her op. Today is Hickman line #2 & hopefully the day where it gets easier again for her. We've said that before so I'm trying not to jinx it.
After getting here early & a bit of confusion as to where we were meant to be, we settled in at PDU. Caitlin's cannula from yesterday failed early on & was taken out in favour of a finger prick to take a blood sample. The sample was rushed through analysis as an urgent requirement. The results came back shortly & her platelets were low, so before she could have her op she had to have a platelets transfusion, which meant putting in another cannula!
It wasn't long after having the transfusion that Caitlin went up for her op & that's where we are now: eating lunch, listening to Fleetwood Mac & waiting for the beeper to go off telling me she's ready to be collected! I hate this part, watching her go under & then having to leave her. Everything is out of my control & I just have to wait.
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