Leo's best friend from school, Martina, has now gone back to her hotel with her mum and dad...and has made Leo a very happy boy. We're very fortunate to have spent two beautiful, relaxing evenings with Martina's wonderful and generous family, and words cannot express here about how grateful we are to them. They've been here to see Leo and we cannot believe how fortunate we are to have met their acquaintance. Muchos gracias Martina, Mercedes y Paco.
As for the hospital, things always get worse before they get better and so Tuesday was bad again, followed by a somewhat better day today. The anaesthetists gave Leo a mild sedative at the same time as the GA and so this helped him sleep a little longer to get rid of the GA before waking up. He was still quite angry and freaked out and the ward even gave us the male nurse today, thinking this may help...not sure if it did though. But hey, we're 10% down and over a week into things here so the radiotherapy will be over before we know it, and then the chemo will be over and then life begins again...
Having visits from supportive people is vital to our sanity and so this week could have been a lot worse. PJ and I also both feel the team at the Royal Marsden are very well on top of things and so we feel Leo's is in the best hands possible at the moment.
Leo will have to hold on to the new memories of blowing bubbles with Martina, jumping and laughing on the trampoline (or elasticated bed, as it's translated in Spanish), and watching Dora, Diego, Mickey Mouse and Handy Manny with Martina, until that day we can go back to Spain and re-establish a normal life for ourselves again. It seems a very, very long way away that we will even be able to think about going back but we have to for Leo and for ourselves too. Plus we've made firm friends in Martina's lovely parents, with whom we've enjoyed much laughter and fun, as well as much talking about all sorts of topics from rhabdomyosarcomas to living abroad to Michael Moore!
Muchos gracias Martina, Mercedes y Paco. You coming to visit us in the UK has lifted us all, not just Leo, and has given us much hope for the future to come.
Tomorrow's another day so let's see what it has in store for us all....
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