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| Phoebe after 2 days radiotherapy - with Uncle Jon |
Phoebe started her radiotherapy treatment on Thursday 5th March.
You may find this Youtube video "One of a kind! A guide to radiotherapy" helpful - click here. It is designed for children to view.
On Saturday Phoebe had her hair cut in anticpiation of it falling out in the next week or so, which will be a sad time for her. But Matt has been teaching her that real beauty is on the inside, and does not depend on pretty hair and dresses, but our character and our heart attitudes.
On Monday (9 Mar) morning Matt wrote on the #PrayForPhoebe Facebook page as follows:
On Saturday morning we were discharged from the oncology ward and have enjoyed a weekend together at home along with Rachel's brother and his family. It's lovely being home.
Monday-Friday we go to Weston Park Cancer Hospital at 8:30am where Phoebe has radiotherapy. This morning she had her 3rd session & has 28 remaining.
If radiotherapy goes well and Phoebe doesn't have any severe short term side effects, we should be able to stay at home until chemotherapy starts in June. We expect there will be set backs along the way and even little things such as a cold/fever could find us back on the ward for a night or two but we are hoping and praying we will be home as much as possible.
Thanks for all of your continued support. We can't tell you how much you have helped us to get through this process so far.
Big hugs!
To show their appreciation for the excellent care that Phoebe has received from the staff at the Sheffield Children's Hospital Rachel and Matt are encouraging people to run in the Sheffield Half Marathon and raise funds for the hospital charity - http://www.tchc.org.uk/. If you would like to sponsor someone running for Phoebe please click here to find the Just Giving pages or go to the Facebook page #RunForPhoebe.
This morning we accompanied Rachel, Phoebe and Reuben to the Weston Park Cancer Hospital. Phoebe ran into the hospital! Jen went with Phoebe and Rachel, while Marcus read books to Reuben in the waiting room. Apart from the time when she was on the radiotherapy machine with her mask fitted she did very well. So she has now had 5 treatments, leaving 26 to go.
