Sorry I have been off line for little while. It has been a pretty busy few days since Emma had her first chemotherapy session on Wednesday and I have to say that it has been an amazing contrast to Emma's first chemo experience in 2008. Some of you will remember Emma had a really extreme reaction last time and this coupled with Rebecca being so young and various other things made it a pretty challenging time. Emma was pretty much bed ridden for between 6 and 10 days after each cycle.
Here we are on day four and we all managed to get to the Harvest Festival this morning and Emma has been doing magnificently well. Even her tingly feet and hands have not been so extreme. Helped in part by the hospital issuing her with some rather fetching orange knitted padded gloves which are half coated in blue rubber. This avoids Emma feeling like she has been electrocuted every time she puts her hand in the fridge. I am searching for a matching pair of socks and perhaps a hat for the winter which I think would complete the look.
We have finally admitted to each other on our coping strategies for dealing with the current situation. For me it is top quality late night TV such as Mighty Ships and Night Cops. For Emma there is the appearance of new 'essentials' like two new flowery mugs because "sometimes I like a smaller mug of tea" - my suggestion to not fill the existing ones quite so full was not well received. The kids seem to be coping well, with absolutely no sign of any extra help or lack of arguing from them - life continues for them unabated. I suppose this must be viewed as success of some sort.
Sorry some of you have been struggling to get onto this blog. In true technophobe fashion I am ok when everything works fine. When it goes wrong then I am quickly at sea and totally lost. Anyway better stop now as it is a school night and I am still recovering from a difficult weekend of rugby results!! Georgia - where were you when we needed you.
God Bless.
Andrew
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