Woo Hoo!

Radiotherapy is done and dusted, and Leo is still doing great. Woo hoo! He's just ordered pizza from the Ward Chef and he's enjoying looking at his generous gift from the play specialists and the special balloon sword made by Mike, the Anaesthetic Technician, who has been a constant in Leo's team since day one here at the Royal Marsden. He also received a personalised certificate made by Andy, one of the radiotherapy team, which had a photo of one of the Popoids Leo would make daily and take in to show everyone. Lovely team, very nice to Leo, PJ and I at all times and always really nice and respectful of our fears.

PJ also asked the team for us to keep the mask they used to keep Leo's head still during radiotherapy. It's like something out of a sci-fi movie as there's no eye holes and a large gaping hole for his nose and mouth. There's also bolts in six places which screw into place on the table so he does not twitch whilst under the anaesthetic. There's only a 3mm tolerance of movement for the radiotherapy photon beams and so you can imagine, it does not take much to move that tiny amount, hence the mask and daily anaesthetics. A photo would do this description more justice but I'll consult with PJ before I post it on here!!

More anti-biotics for the staph infection and a bit more tomorrow, and then who knows what the weekend brings!

Either way, this is a massive milestone which felt like it would never arrive when we started six weeks ago. It'll be another 8 weeks or more before we know the impact of the radiotherapy and chemotherapy combined.