I have been about to write a post all week, and then there is another change so I think I will just wait to see the outcome. However, clearly nothing is going to be resolved immediately. First of all he is currently still at the Charing Cross hospital having undergone a number of further scans and blood transfusions. There is something wrong with his blood, which we understand is hemolysis. This seems to be red blood corpuscles dying faster than they are being replaced, though I am still unclear about the cause or the treatment. The urology team are conferring with/handing over to the haematology team. Yesterday it seemed that he would be returning to the Hammersmith hospital; today they were talking about discharging him. We have learnt not to get too excited about a discharge and how his care would continue outside the hospital, and he has been told nothing will happen at speed, but there is no doubt it is all very unsettling for him.
Week 9 has come and gone; week 10 begins. Please stay in touch - it helps enormously.
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