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Day 230: Sunday 9/12/2012

Posted by on Dec 10, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Day 230: Sunday 9/12/2012

Last night Sergio was very restless in his sleep, tossing and turning a lot. He kept waking up crying uncontrollably and jamming his fist into his mouth trying to take the edge off his pain. The pain team were eventually called and a rescue dose of methadone was administered quickly. It certainly settled him out straight away as the crying stopped. Yesterday they had just started to wean the methadone medication but Sergio had displayed early signs of experiencing withdrawal symptoms even before falling asleep. He was sweating so much that his...

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Day 227: Thursday 6/12/2012

Posted by on Dec 7, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Day 227: Thursday 6/12/2012

Following Sergio’s dilation this afternoon, the Doctor called to give us a post-op brief. As expected, the camera scope spotted one small section of Sergio’s esophagus that had narrowed right down to 3mm. This confirms what was identified in the x-rays from last week’s esophogram. Today with a dilation balloon, they were successfully able to dilate it back to a reasonable size of 8mm. Then strong steroids were injected into the strictured tissue to help prevent it from narrowing up again. Hopefully this new technique will...

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Day 224: Monday 3/12/2012

Posted by on Dec 4, 2012 in News | 1 comment

Sergio’s multi-disciplinary team meeting was held today to discuss the next steps for his treatment. It was both impressive and reassuring to see the various medical staff in attendance working together to ensure that all parties are informed of the upcoming plan as the results last week showed us Sergio’s esophagus narrow. The agreed plan is for Sergio to go for a different type of dilation this Wednesday or Thursday. During this dilation they will inject steroids into the esophagus tissue that is stricturing with the hope that it...

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Day 219: Wednesday 28/11/2012

Posted by on Nov 28, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Day 219: Wednesday 28/11/2012

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Day 217: Monday 26/11/2012

Posted by on Nov 27, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Day 217: Monday 26/11/2012

The Infection Control Department of the hospital have informed us today that Sergio has been cleared of “caution protection”. This is wonderful news as it means that Sergio and Tadhg can use the activity and playrooms in the hospital for the first time. The setup of the playroom is very impressive with plenty of toys to play with and needless to say the boys didn’t want to leave the room. Sergio had an esophagram done today but we won’t know the full results until tomorrow as due to busy schedules, the surgical team...

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