Day +1 - +5

I have found out a few things about Caitlin in the last few days
1. Be careful putting a thermometer in her ear when she's asleep,
    she must have been dreaming when the nurse put it in her ear and
    she took a swipe at her. (No harm done though)
2. She is a very graceful vomiter (more than one nurse has said this).
3. She has shown strength I never knew she had. Accepted what is happening
    to her without complaining. Things haven't been easy for her, but she still
    has a smile for whoever comes into her room. I am very proud of her.
4. She is a card shark!

Side effects of the chemo are starting to happen now, she has mucositis which
is inflammation and ulceration of the digestive tract. So she now has morphine
constantly and is also able to give herself a bolus when she needs more.
She has had two more platelet transfusions, one of them was today. Her NG
tube blocked last night and they couldn't unblock it so she had to have another
one put in this morning. They couldn't put it in until after her transfusion as her
platelets were too low. Caitlin wasn't very happy about having another one so
the nurse offered to put one in me!!! so I could see what it felt like. I was just
preparing myself for it but Caitlin said it was ok I didn't have to do it.
Since day 0 she has had two more lots of chemo, two more to go, then thats
the last of the chemo.
A big thank you must go to Jasmine and her family, you manage to put a smile
on her face everyday. Jasmine, Caitlin is lucky to have you as a friend.