23rd January 2009

20Th January Christian's long day at Royal Marsden went well. They did have a trouble with his line, just as we went in for him to be put to sleep it turned out the line wasn't working, so instead off general anaesthetic given by medicine, he had to inhale gas ( never done that before).
He didn't want to, but we had to hold him and put the mask on his face, the gas was so strong I nearly fell asleep :).

21st nurse came home to give him more chemo, again the line wasn't bleeding back, so he had to have needle out and new put in, still wasn't working, but the nurse was sure it was in the right place and gave him chemo. Before they give any medication or chemo they need to see if line is bleeding back, this is to make sure the needle is in the right place.

22Nd nurse came again to give more chemo and line was working !!

23rd more chemo all went well. Christian has been feeling well apart from feeling a bit sick but I give him antisickness medicine and he is fine. Luckily chemo drugs do not make him sick he only gets very constipated from some of them. He is still not eating but is drinking lots of milk during the night, so as long his weight stays stable we are not too worried, although it is frustrating, but we know that the reason he is not eating is due the chemo.

We would like to say thank you to headteacher Mrs Cox and everybody at office at Sebastian's ( Christian's brother) school for putting Christian's blog address in their newsletter and for asking parents to donate any video tapes, DVD's, Cd's and PlayStation games they don't use for East Surrey children's ward.
As Christian have to spend lots of time there we noticed that they do not have a great collection of them and usually when children are not well the only thing they can do to pass their time is to watch their favorite movies or cartoons or older children like to play games on PlayStation. We have spoken to play specialist in children's ward and they would greatly appreciate any donations!

We also would like more people to follow this blog, because our aim is to raise awareness about childhood cancers and leukaemia. One child in 600 develops cancer-around 1.700 a year in the UK and Ireland. It is still rare although incidents of leukaemia are on the rise.

I also have put some links at the bottom of this blog so you can visit and read more and maybe donate to one of the charities or Christian's fund all the money will go to researching, supporting families with children with cancer.

Nobody knows why childhood leukaemia and other Cancers happens and research is so vital so the incidents of childhood cancer and leukaemia could be prevented. Also hopefully in not to distant future childhood cancers will be fully curable,that would be amazing!
So please donate as much as you can, every penny counts!
In last weeks West Sussex County Times was article about Christian and picture of him and his brother, here is the link http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/National-award-for-brave-toddler.4885587.jp