Emma’s 5 week treatment has now finished (hooray). It seems to have flown by, although perhaps
not so much for Emma with her daily commute to Guildford for radiotherapy. We have been lucky that the snow and ice has not prevented Emma getting to the hospital and so she has only missed one chemo session throughout, and that was because of a low white cell count. The cumulative effects of the treatment are
really kicking in now. It is quite weird
with her treatment having finished but with the side effects continuing to
build. Emma is really tired and has a very
sore throat and neck. This makes eating pretty uncomfortable and she is not
sleeping terribly well. However, that
said, she is still able to take the mickey out of me and we even managed a Valentine Night visit to the cinema to see The Iron Lady. I needed try to garner some brownie points as
my valentine’s card to Emma consisted of a love note on a child’s mini
whiteboard. E was not impressed, even if it did come with an early morning bedside
cup of tea and a tulip in my mouth (I was fully clothed before you ask!).
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| Rebecca, Hannah and James enjoying a hot chocolate after helping to build the Snowbot! |
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| The Mulberry Cottage Snowbot. |
Emma has had a relatively quiet (well for Emma!) few days at home recently, with the
children being whisked off by our lovely friends Ross and Annette (Rebecca’s God
Parents) for a half-term mini break at their house on the edge of the Cotswolds. They returned last night having had a wonderful
time. Thank you so much the McLarens. Whilst the children were away we nipped down to Ikea and got some new furniture for Rebecca's room so when she returned she had a new look bedroom, which went down pretty well. I went for a fabulous walk around the Devil's Punchbowl on Sunday while Emma had a sleep. It was stunning with lots of snow underfoot. Attempted arty photo below.
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| The Devil's Punchbowl, February 2012 |
Emma's Sunday night healing sessions have continued throughout her treatment and they have been a great source of inspiration for us both. They have even continued in absentia when Emma is feeling too tired. We are very grateful and humbled by the commitment and love they have shown us. Thank you Glynis, Carly, Phil, Mike, Jane, Alison, Val, Ruth, Vivien and Kate for giving up your Sunday evenings for us. We can't begin to tell you how grateful we are. If I have forgotten someone may I be forgiven.
PS: Congratulations to Peter, Ruth and Daniel on the birth of little Naomi Imogen. FANTASTIC - well done the Mansons, especially Ruth, who let's face it, had most of the work to do.
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