Paninis & Flying Trampolines

I am pleased to say that having been re-admitted to hospital on New Year's Day, Tabby's tummy settled down and she was allowed home on Monday morning. One of the side effects of the dexamethasone steroids that Tabby takes is to increase her appetite. At the moment she is eating us out of house and home. No sooner is one meal finished than she is planning the next! I suspect her little tummy doesn't know what's hit it. Incidentally, if you are aware of any panini eating competitions coming up please let us know.



Tuesday was relatively uneventful - other than our 12 foot trampoline taking off, flying across the garden and landing on the greenhouse courtesy of the storm force winds. Tabby looked on as Donella, Ewan, Olivia and myself hung onto the trampoline to stop it disappearing up and over the garden wall. After that Tabby went back to the "Sick Kids" for an hour or so for more Chemotherapy. Not nearly as exciting as the flying trampoline.



Tabby is well aware that because of her treatment, she is likely to lose her hair- like many of the other children on the ward. In fact we overheard her with her friend, Danielle, discussing how she was going to go bald whereupon Danielle offered her the use of her witches Halloween wig. No great taboo there then! Tabby normally has quite long hair so to lessen the impact of her hair loss, Ruby's mum, Christina, who is a hairdresser, kindly came round and "Bobbed" Tabby's hair. Tabby loves her new look and we think she now looks like the little French girl in the "Petits Filous" advert



Tomorrow is another "Chemo day" with a short visit to the hospital for an intramuscular injection of asparaginase. If that sounds painful then I think it probably is. At Tabby's suggestion we'll go for a cheese and ham panini at Costa-Coffee afterwards - who needs chocolate?




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Best wishes,


The Lawsons