Significant Improvement

 Yesterday we heard from the Hospital that the recent tests showed significant improvement. A huge reduction in cancer cells and only a small amount of non-tumour cancer left. The surgeon is happy to go ahead with surgery as soon as Ciara is fit enough. Before that happens, another session of stem-cell harvesting will happen but again, we need to wait for Ciara's various levels to be high enough to continue. This generally means her producing her own haemoglobin and platelets again without relying on a transfusion.

Last weekend Ciara was a bit down in the dumps, she had a bit of a cold and was getting understandably upset over the amount of times she's had to go in and out of hospital. Not many people can relate to having a general anaesthetic on Thursday, only to have another one on Monday. I can imagine how pissed off I'd be if it was me. Ciara had been wetting herself quite a bit recently and we've asked the psychiatrist what he thinks of this. He reckons it might be related to the treatment as it happens so quickly. It's often a case of Ciara saying "Oh No!!", then it happens. We'll have to check it out with the docs (note to self).

Monday was a long old day and I can't imagine how tiring it must be for the poor wee lamb. Never the less, the following day she was up with the larks and raring to go and she must have loved not having to go anywhere. The weather has been kind to us this week and we've managed to get out and about, and we found a new playground last weekend. We've already been there twice and I reckon we'll be off there tomorrow too.