ITU

Ellen had a rather unexpected visit to ITU last night. She had been a little tired over the weekend so we went to the peadiatric day unit yesterday morning for a blood test. This was taken from her Hickman line. Two hours later Ellen was very unwell with a high fever and rigors. Her pulse rate was very high and she was having to work really hard to fight against the infection coming from her line. She was quickly whisked to theatre and her Hickman line was removed. She then slept over night on ITU and we are now back on the regular ward. Ellen is doing fine today but we will be here for the next few days for IV antibiotics followed by the insertion of a new line in time for radiotherapy! On a positive note Ellen scans are clear.