It was great to spend time with Marcus’s brother and sister-in-law as well as other relatives, and then to have a quiet week in our friends’ lovely house in St David’s. A real bonus was the sunny weather (we weren’t expecting that in west Wales!) which enabled us to enjoy walking the coastal path, pottering in little villages and finding benches on which to sit with our books. As we are National Trust members we tend to look out for places to visit to break long journeys, and this time took in an old manor house, the remains of a tin-plating factory with a wonderful waterfall, and extensive parkland surrounding a decaying house!
Now we are back in Sheffield and glad to be reconnecting with church and family. Phoebe and family had a great holiday in Scotland with the excellent facilities and meals provided by the CLIC Sargent charity. This week she’s been back in hospital for more stem cell harvesting so that there is plenty in the freezer ready to give back to her during the chemo treatment. We are amazed at how well she has coped thus far with all the medical interventions she has undergone and pleased to see that her back has healed well from the skin damage caused by the radiotherapy. She was recently in contact with chicken pox at school so her oncology consultant has taken the precaution of delaying the start of the chemotherapy which was scheduled for 1st June.
The chemo is now due to begin on 11th June. Rachel and Matt have decided to keep both children away from school, nursery and church to minimise any further risk of infection, so they are hoping to go away if they can find a cheap or free place to stay.
Any ideas?!
