No.61 Childcare Services

Oh my it's been such a long time since putting anything on here !!! Lots of fun, back to normality and doing what we love has been great !
Had lots of birthdays so obviously lots of baking cakes 🎂 here's some pics from the last few months x

Just amazing news for Hattie and her family ...... if you haven’t seen this already, have a read 😘😘😘 lovely news for the the loveliest family # #

No more chemo 🎉🎉🎉

Hattie had an appointment at Addenbrookes today and the decision was made to stop chemo now and not do the last 2 rounds.

Hattie has damage to her bowel caused by the Proton Therapy. Over the last several months she has also been suffering with an infection which has made her feel quite poorly. That combined with a low immune system due to the chemo, has meant that her body hasn't been able to try to repair itself and she has been feeling pretty poorly and suffering quite a lot.

A decision needed to be made as to whether or not 2 more rounds of chemo would be of any benefit at this point. Continuing chemo would mean she would be at a great risk of the infection recurring and subsequently causing further irreversible damage to her bowel. Her consultant strongly feels that there is no indication that any more chemo is needed and that he was always being over cautious by choosing the 12 months maintenance instead of 6. We saw her tumour on the scan and he explained all indications are that it is calcified. He strongly advised stopping chemo.

So what does this mean????

Hattie isn't "cured" yet. With many cancers, the absence of a relapse within 5 years is considered cured. With a rhabdomyosarcoma it is 10 years. Hattie will have scans and appointments and follow ups until shes at least an adult.

There are terms such as 'remission' and 'No Evidence of Disease (NED)' but we were told these are not particularly helpful in our situation.

We discussed that Hattie has such a long way still to go. She is still reliant on her NG tube for feed and fluids 24 hours a day. She still has her Hickman Line. She still has pain and tiredness and the damage to her bowel. She needs to give her body time to recover from the last 18 months. But we are feeling hopeful that things will just keep getting better from now on.

Towards the end of the appointnent Hattie asked the consultant what it all meant......

"Have I still got cancer??"

The answer was the best thing I've ever heard

"You HAD cancer. You don't have cancer now" ❤

Hello everyone happy 2021 !!!! Omg what a year !!!! I hope this message finds you all well and safe !! How is it Easter ??? I hope you all have a lovely Easter break here are some pics of the fun we ve had over the last few weeks !!! We ve had a ball !!!! It’s been fab to have all the kids back and as always we ll do what we can to keep this pandemic from beating us # # happy Easter 🐣 everyone!!!! X # #

Happy Sunday everyone!!!! Hope everyone is ok can’t believe it’s week 16 !!! Fingers crossed for normality in September and having all our childminding family back !! We miss you !!!
Here’s some pics of the last few weeks here # # #

Hey everyone how are you all doing ? Are you looking after yourselves? R u reasonably sane / insane ????? Lol
We re still closed and frustrated but trying to look at the positives ! The weather is lush ! Family time has been great ( well sometimes!! We re normal !!!) had more time to clear the house / paint / dye hair / bike rides and we ve been doing fab quizzes and scavenger hunts with the kids in zoom ! Missing our extended family loads .... let’s not take this time for granted guys ! Lots of love to all stay safe 😘

So the end of the second week !!! We ve done it !!! So far so good !! Everyone is alive ! We ve done fitness every day , we ve had board games , we ve had catch ups with some of our kids , we ve had tears , we ve had laughs, we ve had good food and I ve done so much washing !!!!! What is that all about !!? Love to all and stay safe everyone # #

So we ve all been at home this week, we haven’t lost it with each other ! We got some work done and we ve painted our play room ! What do you think guys ? Hope your all doing ok ?

And so the weirdest day has come ...... we are closed until further notice, apart from the few kids that we are allowed to look after from next week. A sad few days for us and many other lovely childminders 😘😘 hopefully we will all still be up and running when life goes back to normal..... we made a life choice 8 yrs ago to look after kids, as we are big kids still and it would mean we would still be able to be with our kids, and today we have been forced to shut by this government and this horrible virus. See you in the other side everyone 😘 stay safe and well and hopefully see u all soon # #

Oh my word where did 2019 go ???? So happy new year !! Here’s to a happy , healthy new year of 2020 ! Sending love to those who are struggling at the moment for whatever reasons ..... here’s some fab bits from 2019 # #