Charlie celebrated his 2nd birthday the weekend before last and we had a lovely time.
Family came to stay and a few friends came on the Saturday to celebrate. Francesca was well (hurrah) and we were able to have lots of fun together. Charlie enjoyed opening presents (although the box picture shows that boxes seem to always beat the actual toys!). The children all embraced the chocolate fountain and the bouncy castle - luckily it rained a bit so the kids weren't able to mix the copious amounts of chocolate with jumping up and down like crazy things, it could have got nasty!!!!!
Fran has had a good couple of weeks in general. This past weekend we took her to hospital as she was feeling quite unwell, it appears that she has another ear infection and so we deferred her scheduled operation for grommets at GOS. She was at GOS last week for a routine lumbar and echo which went well and then yesterday had her monthly vincristine (nasty one) along with the usual commencement of steroids.
Both last night and this morning she was suffering with sore legs and arms which I expect to last for the next week or so. Stuart and I have to always make a mental shift at this point of the month remembering that poison has been put into her body so it is understandable that she might feel terrible and quite grumpy. We have also recently realised that Francesca has come to a point in treatment where she seems to 'normalise' her pain so doesn't always tell us when she is feeling unwell. It is quite upsetting as she often tells us at the end of the day that she has had a bad headache or that her limbs have been sore. I imagine this is very usual in sick children. What is does mean is that we have to take her very seriously when she does express pain.
All in all though things are good. We are all looking forward to our holiday mid May and we are crossing everything to make sure we get there!
Enjoy the picutres.
Family came to stay and a few friends came on the Saturday to celebrate. Francesca was well (hurrah) and we were able to have lots of fun together. Charlie enjoyed opening presents (although the box picture shows that boxes seem to always beat the actual toys!). The children all embraced the chocolate fountain and the bouncy castle - luckily it rained a bit so the kids weren't able to mix the copious amounts of chocolate with jumping up and down like crazy things, it could have got nasty!!!!!
Fran has had a good couple of weeks in general. This past weekend we took her to hospital as she was feeling quite unwell, it appears that she has another ear infection and so we deferred her scheduled operation for grommets at GOS. She was at GOS last week for a routine lumbar and echo which went well and then yesterday had her monthly vincristine (nasty one) along with the usual commencement of steroids.
Both last night and this morning she was suffering with sore legs and arms which I expect to last for the next week or so. Stuart and I have to always make a mental shift at this point of the month remembering that poison has been put into her body so it is understandable that she might feel terrible and quite grumpy. We have also recently realised that Francesca has come to a point in treatment where she seems to 'normalise' her pain so doesn't always tell us when she is feeling unwell. It is quite upsetting as she often tells us at the end of the day that she has had a bad headache or that her limbs have been sore. I imagine this is very usual in sick children. What is does mean is that we have to take her very seriously when she does express pain.
All in all though things are good. We are all looking forward to our holiday mid May and we are crossing everything to make sure we get there!
Enjoy the picutres.
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