Night before surgery

Ciara is settling in to Our Lady's Ward, Our Lady's Hospital on the night before her tumour surgery. It's a different ward to what she's used to but it'll do.

Ciara's surgeon tomorrow will be Professor Corbally. We spoke to one of his team this afternoon who briefed us on what's ahead. We had to give consent for the surgeon to remove a kidney if needs be. It would appear that this is likely now but not definate. As the doctor said, if it needs to come out it needs to come out, even if the other one isn't fully functional, we'll just have to cross that bridge if we get to it.

It's a long and risky procedure and may take anytime from an hour to over three hours depending on what they find. Surgery will be around twelve tomorrow but that's not definate.

Ciara's immense energy levels are a great thing but we're exhausted keeping up with her. She's on the go non-stop from 7am to 9pm, now with no nap during the day. Musn't grumble though. Her energy is what makes her such a fighter.

Ciara and I are watching Jurassic Park III for the thousandth time. At least it's not Jurassic Park I, which we've seen a million times. Yvonne is off for a walk to have a break.