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Last stop

There are two big events coming up in my diary, coincidentally both on or around the same day.  One is the start of the World Cup – come on England! (odds are not looking good though) and the other date, … Continue reading

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Thumbs up

Another milestone passed as we completed our brief return for treatment at the Marsden and head back once again to the more illustrious environment at Great Ormond Street.   I don’t know that we have a preference – each hospital has … Continue reading

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Staying positive

It’s not every day you have to manage two of your children that have conflicting appointments in different hospitals .  Today was however, such a day with Fabian needing his daily radiotherapy at the Marsden whilst Cassia needed to be … Continue reading

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Something positive

I’ve been waiting for something positive to post and today we actually received some positive news – that the particular strain of Fabian’s leukaemia is still positive.   Feeling confused?  Well, biomedical devotees of this blog may recall that each … Continue reading

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Times and seasons

The Book of Ecclesiastes speaks of the different times and seasons in our lives and declares, ‘He has made all things beautiful in its time’ Ecc 3:11.   This is an encouragement, even though events seem far from beautiful right … Continue reading

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A question of ethics

Facing a panel of experts on the hospital ethics committee was tough, but reassuring. We met with them the other day to debate the rights and wrongs of putting Fabian through, yet more, experimental therapy. As parents, we had to … Continue reading

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New hope please

This entry has been a difficult one for me to post.  Our fight against leukaemia, analogous to an epic tennis match, has gone to a tiebreak just when we thought we might go a set up. In reality, I’m sorry … Continue reading

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T cells 30 : Leukaemia luv

Happy new year to all our faith4fabian followers! The analogy of a tennis match comes to mind – hence the title –  as I report to you the wonderful news that Fabian’s second bone marrow aspirate since the T cell … Continue reading

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2013 and all that

My last entry for 2013 rounds off what can best be described as a year of ups and downs but thankfully ending on an ‘up’. Not that I’m superstitious, but Fabian has only relapsed on odd numbered years – 2011 … Continue reading

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“Cautiously optimistic”

Consultants choose their words carefully and they are certainly not prone to outbursts of emotion.  So when ours called last night with the results of Fabian’s most recent BMA and said he was cautiously optimistic we knew it was indeed … Continue reading

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