Christmas eve after being told Lewis has cancer he gets his first dose of Chemotherapy. We were all in shock but Lewis took it in his stride. He took it ok but was very sleepy. Lewis had been put on the drip which was called Robby Robot and the tube was called a Wriggly. All the doctors and nurses were really helpful and friendly. Mum stayed with him over night.
On Christmas day Dad, Jamie (our older brother), Auntie Vikki and I got up and ready and went to the hospital to see Lewis. When we got to the hospital we met Santa and he gave Lewis and I a sack full of presents. We bought all of Lewis' presents and a sack full of mine. Lewis loved his main present which was Pleo the dinosaur. Pleo is Mum and Lewis' surrogate dog while they are away from Lola, Archie and Ruby.
Dad took Vikki home because she had to go back to Wales where she lives and Dad had to take out the dogs back at home. At 12:30 Lewis ate his Christmas lunch but didn't eat a lot of it as he wasn't too hungry. Dad came back a little while later with a few more presents for Lewis to open. We went into the teenage room and the play room where you had access to the Internet. Lewis made a little decoration to stick on Robby Robot. We went back to his room that he was staying in and then Dad, Jamie and I went home and Mum stayed overnight with Lewis again.
Monday 29 December 2008
The Beggining
Christmas Eve 2008 what a day that was, it all started a few weeks earlier. We took Lewis to the doctors because he had a blocked nose for over 4 weeks and his neck was swollen...
The doctor sent him home with pencilling and a nose spray. A week later we took him back to the same doctor to get a blood test; we waited five days and got the result, doctor saying nothing wrong he doesn’t need any medication.
We knew something had to be wrong with Lewis as a swollen neck like he had was not normal. That weekend the other side of his neck came up and we started to worry, we took him to the Hants doc emergency on call doctor, and he gave us antibiotics and took a swab of his mouth.
We got the results back on the Wednesday and the doctor saying there’s nothing wrong he doesn’t need any medication.
On the Wednesday we took him back to see a different doctor, he wanted another blood test and we got asked to come back in the morning. The doctor we saw then said she didn’t like the look of the swollen neck and sent us to the hospital.
We were booked in for blood counts on Sunday, Biopsy on Monday and Tuesday we visited the Piam Brown ward in Southampton. Wednesday Christmas eve Lewis had an operation to test Bone marrow .
We have been told Lewis has Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma which is a Cancer and this is his story told by me, Lia his twin sister.
The doctor sent him home with pencilling and a nose spray. A week later we took him back to the same doctor to get a blood test; we waited five days and got the result, doctor saying nothing wrong he doesn’t need any medication.
We knew something had to be wrong with Lewis as a swollen neck like he had was not normal. That weekend the other side of his neck came up and we started to worry, we took him to the Hants doc emergency on call doctor, and he gave us antibiotics and took a swab of his mouth.
We got the results back on the Wednesday and the doctor saying there’s nothing wrong he doesn’t need any medication.
On the Wednesday we took him back to see a different doctor, he wanted another blood test and we got asked to come back in the morning. The doctor we saw then said she didn’t like the look of the swollen neck and sent us to the hospital.
We were booked in for blood counts on Sunday, Biopsy on Monday and Tuesday we visited the Piam Brown ward in Southampton. Wednesday Christmas eve Lewis had an operation to test Bone marrow .
We have been told Lewis has Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma which is a Cancer and this is his story told by me, Lia his twin sister.
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