Day 5 in a chair

Today has been a busy day with several visitors.
Jamie, one of the oncology nurses that used to look after Rhys when he was in for his A.L.L, was first to pop in. He was followed shortly after by Lizzie, who is one of the community nurses from Yeovil.
One of the smallest cannulas in his hands came out this afternoon. It had started to sting so the nurse took it out.
There's been a bit of pain in his abdomen but it seems to have eased because of the paracetamol that they gave Rhys.
The doctors had planned to remove the epidural that has been helping to keep any pain from the surgery under control. That has been delayed until tomorrow.

The big achievement for today though has been Rhys managing to get out of bed and into a chair. For the first time in days he is in an upright position. Its also the first proper chance to check to see if the operation really has improved the circulation to his feet which was one of the things that caused us to discover that he had the tumour.
We managed to check Rhys' feet when he was sitting in the chair. The left was still warm but the problematic right one was cold. Not ice cold like it has been but cold enough to be noticeable. Hopefully this will go away as Rhys' body recovers from the surgery. If not then we're going to be back to square one with regards to the circulation problem.

Tonight's TPN meal is going to be Pepperoni Pizza with Apple Pie Crumble and Custard for pudding.