Over night I started having diarrhoea and had to get up a couple of times to drain my stoma bag. Woke up in the morning still not feeling well and worst of all my bag had come away from my body and my tummy was covered in loose stools. Wendy was very good and got baby wipes and hot water plus bucket for soiled night wear and between us managed to get me clean so that I could attach a new bag. I also started my Loperamide Hydrochloride tablets taking one every 2 hours for 12 hours which should help to control the diarrhoea.
I was feeling a little better today but still felt a little tired so spent most of the morning reading or dozing. In the afternoon I had to go back to SWRU at Kingston hospital to have my PICC line cleaned and since Alison had the day off she came along as well.Wendy dropped me off at the station in Hampton and I walked the short distance from Norbitton station to the Hospital. Alison was given the task of cleaning the PICC line whilst the nurse guided her. Although she did the cleaning very well she decided that she needed to have another go in 2 weeks time to make sure she could do it properly. There is a lot of flushing out to do with Saline and also with a drug that prevents blood clots in the line.
I caught the train back to Hampton and Wendy picked me up after I had bought some fish and chips for my tea as everyone else was going out to dinner. After dinner I was still feeling tired so I watched a film on playback TV and then went up to bed.
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