Mulan and Muffin

Tabby and "Muffin" the cat

I suspect a long interval between blogs is a good sign. "No news is good news". This has probably been our most normal week yet. Tabby went to school for the first 3 mornings of the week (Chemo again on Thursday) and then stayed the whole day on Friday. Donella had gone to pick her up at lunchtime as usual but was sent away as Tabby was simply having too much fun to go home early.

This was a special "Book Week" at the school, where Tabby and her class-mates heard stories and readings from lots of different authors. On Friday they were asked to come to school as a character from a book.

At this point I should like to thank Margaret and Gordon who recently returned from a holiday to the far East. They brought back an outfit from Singapore for Tabby. Their present and their timing were perfect. Tabby went as "Mulan" - the little chinese girl who became a soldier to save her Father. No wonder Tabby didn't want to come home early on Friday.

Thursday's Chemo at the "Sick Kids" was the i.v. injection and the Intra-muscular injection of asparaginase into her left thigh. This injection is a sore one and tends to hang over her whole week. It's the only thing Tabby is not getting used to. She even asked this week if she could have a general anaesthetic for it. Once it's over, she is pretty chirpy again.

Without becoming too emmotional about things, what made my week complete was that today, when I got home from work, Tabby came running up the hall to greet me with a hug. Until now she has just been too tired and washed-out and I usually come home and find her asleep or dozing on the sofa. This may seem a minor event but given what has happened over the last few weeks it means a great deal. I admit there have been times when I wondered would she be able to do it again? We know that Tabby's chemo really cranks up a few gears towards the end of March so until then we will have a bit of fun!

As ever, thank you all for reading this blog.

We have so many, many people to thank for their generosity and support.

Keep in touch,

The Lawsons