Leo's appointment with the neuro-endocrine people has been brought forward to tomorrow so we await their findings from the Insulin Tolerance Test of two weeks ago. He also endured 3 cannulas in his hands in order to enable to oncology day beds staff to administer a kidney function test. A blood result from a month or so ago, I forget now, showed that his kidney function / urea was not right and we already know his kidney function is damaged from the chemo but it's decreased since the last test about a year ago which is the last time his kidney function was tested.So the neuro-endocrine test was not too pleasant but the nurses and doctor were fantastic, although very serious, given the circumstances. Essentially the docs administer insulin which made Leo very faint and sweaty and reduced his blood sugar to less than 2, which is why he felt unwell. They then gave him some glucose intravenously, waited for a minute or so, checked his blood sugar again, gave him crisps and strong squash but his blood sugar was not responding - and then gave him some more glucose via the IV to bring his blood sugar up again. Then they check his blood sugar every 5 minutes plus take samples at regular intervals - then finally he was allowed some proper food after the final blood sample....
and so tomorrow, we'll find out what's going on for sure and whether a lifetime regime of growth hormone injections are on the cards.
Leo is doing great with his thyroid tablets and I learned that it's not actually his thyroid which is a problem - it's the messenger signals from the pituitary gland in the brain to the thyroid which is working too hard, hence the thyroid tablets. Make sense? No, nor does it to me some days.
PS. Hope you like the Disney pictures above!
