Dazzling stuff

Maddy had both her tests (kidney & heart at Jimmy's and LGI on Thursday & Friday respectively) without any drama. She has nothing to do now, except concentrate on getting better, until her next (ultrasound) scan at the end of August.
She was home again today (Friday) by lunchtime and enjoyed a great afternoon with a whole gang of friends who came visiting.....



Later she went out to the Calder Valley Youth Theatre rehearsal for their next show, Dazzle, (Thursday 6th - Saturday 8th October) to catch up with some of the other friends she hasn't seen for some time. Still going strong 'til the end of the day, she even managed to stay up to watch the (disturbingly sad) end of Big Brother.

Now that's all over, perhaps it's also time to consider the future of this blog, as it approaches its 4000th page impression.
Primarily for the benefit of those people further afield, it will continue to report Maddy's progress, but with less frequency - perhaps two or three times a month.
Maybe Maddy will get more involved and make more posts of her own, as she increasingly gets her life back to some sort of normality?

Meanwhile, thanks to the many dozens of people who've supported M through the blog - it has been a really encouraging boost for her to read all the messages.
Thanks and 'bye for now.

End of chemo.....?

Maddy left hospital today (Tuesday) after what may be her last extended stay in hospital. She is only scheduled for routine tests and monitoring now.......she has a kidney function test at Jimmy's on Thursday and a heart function test at LGI on Friday.
It could well be that she has now finished her chemo for good and obviously Maddy hopes that this is the case.
It's best to be a bit guarded about this as there is a (very small) risk that Maddy's cancer may relapse, but for now, everything's looking as good as it could be. The pic was taken in the lift on the way down from the ward - parents making an unexpected appearance via the mirrored back of the lift - it's been a while since Mum's smile has matched Maddy's, but it's close here.....