Lauren's still in hospital. Last Friday she had a 'Neostigmine Injection' to get her bowel working again, which seems to have been successful. The process is slow and the pain still there for now, albeit less intensity & frequency than last week. At least she's getting some sleep now as the cramps are more spaced out. The Doc reckons she won't have the same pain in transplant as the types and amounts of pain killer used last week was stronger than they normally use in transplants.
Just a word, please don't ever send flowers to the Brookman ward as flowers carry a risk for neutropaenic (low resistence to infection) kids. Lauren's not in this state now, but others in the ward are.
The mother of all head shaves was held yesterday and we're waiting for some photos of Rob's 'shearing' to post to this blog. Not sure of final figure raised for the three charities but believe it to be over $5,000 - fantastic effort. Also the Hudson Maher Foundation website is back up & running - see update #12 for address.
Watch out for photos next update. Will let you know when Lauren is out of hospital.