Chemo round two


Yesterday, MLG was due to start round two of her chemo, unfortunately that did not happen. With not a little amount of stress we arrived on time at GOSH. Titch was stressed and vocal (you could hear her screaming and crying from afar) very clearly she said ‘I’m better now, I’m better now, I wanna go home’. Within a short period of time she was weighed (they need to do this in order to make up the correct dosage of chemo) then she played, she settled into the routine of GOSH straight away, go to the play room and play.  Unfortunately for us, the nurses then discovered that we had been weighed too late in the day for the chemo to be made up and administered. So frustrating as we arrived when they told us to, rearranging our plans at short notice in order to do so. What would you do, stay or go? Would you take your child home, to allow yourself and your child to spend a night in your bed, knowing that your sweet, frightened child would have to return the next day OR would you stay the night, reduce the stress of the return journey but be in unfamiliar surroundings?  The decision was made. An hour and a half later we heard the shouts and screams of delight as brother met sister, sister cuddled brother, brother jumped up and down with joy as little sister returned home for the night. Safe to say they both went to bed late, the look of joy, peace and relaxation that was on their faces as they slept will live on in my memory forever.