My Other Son…
I’ve been wanting to write something for a while now about my other son. The one who doesn’t have Leukaemia. His name is Harrison and he’s 2 and a half years old. As the brother of a child with cancer, he is suffering too.
Tagged: cancer
75 Days of Cancer…
Today marks 75 days of Cancer. And you’d be forgiven for believing we are a “normal” family. Except we aren’t normal and whilst we can try and believe that for a split second, there are so many things that bring us back to “cancer reality”
Day 65: Decisions Decisions – Clinical Trials
Clinical trials come with a huge morale and personal dilemma for our family. Do you opt in or out? What is the right decision? Not an easy choice to make.
Santa, School, Sausage Casserole and Wet Wipes
There is a sentence I never imagined I’d write… “Santa, School, Sausage Casserole and Wet Wipes” But they are all connected in some way to the last four days. When you’re battling cancer four...
Ways You Can Support a Family Fighting Cancer
There are so many way you can support a family fighting cancer. Over the last month we’ve had so much support from friends, family, work colleagues and complete strangers. Everyone has asked “what do...
30 days of cancer…
I can hardly believe we’ve been battling cancer for 30 days. Some days it feels like we’ve been doing it for a life time. Other days I feel so new and useless. It is...
Day 26: Hair, Christmas Lights, Pirates, and Tears
It is safe to say that after i’ve written this post I will be heading straight to bed…I would put this off but I can’t. My head is full of the last 48hrs, my...
Day 24: Bilbo’s Wall of Love
Day 24 After some rough days, today has been another good day. It involved a trip to Oxford for round four of chemo. It also involved a chat with the physio and some car...
What do Ellie Goulding, Wham, LEGO and potties have in common?
They all provoked a very emotional outburst… …today has been an emotional roller coaster. There were no hospitals, no treatments, no tantrums about medicine. Instead it was cancer breaking our hearts…and then utter kindness,...
Living Our Best Life: Legoland Discovery Centre Birmingham
We didn’t tell the boys we were going to Legoland Discovery Centre Birmingham until we were about 25mins away. I didn’t want to get anyone’s hopes up let alone Bilbo. And today has been...
