Not just busy....mad busy

It's been quite a while since the last update - life has been quite a whirlwind for the Yates family, especially Maddy and everyone's just catching their breath, so there's a brief opportunity to make amends for the lack of news.
Maddy is fit and well and has been enjoying a very active social life.

Since returning from holiday, she has:
- hosted a French exchange student, Manon, for 8 days;
- performed with the Hebden Bridge Light Opera and Dramatic Society ni their production of 'Songs from the Shows' at HB Little Theatre;
- auditioned for the Youth Theatre's production of Bugsy Malone in October and secured the part of Tallulah;
- been to weekly rehearsals to dance with the RJC dance company alongside various staff and patients from Ward 10T at Jimmy's in preparation for....
- the launch of the Jimmyteens DVD at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, complete with red carpet and all the thrills of the Oscar's - here's a clip of the dance and a clip of Maddy's presentation;
- 5 days later, she's off to London, with staff and patients from Jimmy's to meet up with other TCU folk at the Albert Hall in London for the Teenage Cancer Trust gig that night, starring Goldfrapp, going backstage after the gig and generally living it up with an overnight stay....top stuff !!!
- in and amongst all this activity, managed to fit in the occassional visit to school, submit the odd piece of GCSE science coursework and so on .... ;->
- oh, and she's had a couple of visits to the clinic as part of her routine monitoring, plus an ultrasound scan last Friday (7/4)....and everything's fine.
Well over 7 months post-chemo now, and it's still looking good.