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11th January 2013.
Finley is home, incredibly, just 4 days after the major surgery that we hope (and believe) has finally removed his brain tumour.
Solly is as pleased as the rest of us to have his big brother safely home and raced down the path to meet him...
1st March 2009. The umpteenth time we've all said night night to Nathaniel and watched him head out of the door with Chicken-nana. Not any easier now than it was the first time.
6th April 2009. How to top that? Just before bedtime, a ring on the door and outside are two fire engines, a fire jeep and the fire chief's car. All come to say hello to Finley. Any more of that and he'll be starting to think brain tumours are a good thing!
A 'detail' from expressionist painter Stephen B Whatley's iconic tribute painting of Hanna-Barbera's cartoon star of the 1960s, Fred Flintstone - which is to be auctioned for the Joss Searchlight Charity in London in March.
Dianne Parks, who tragically lost her son Joss to a brain tumour in January 2011, set up the
Joss Searchlight Charity to provide practical co-ordinated support for families of children suffering from brain tumours. They offer a helpline, advice on NHS Resources, Benefits and Liase with specialists on behalf of families. Very importantly the charity also tries to make childrens' ’Wishes Come True’.
In 2012, Dianne wrote to Stephen asking him to join more than a hundred other contemporary artists in donating a painting of his choice to be exhibited and auctioned at her 'Something Special' exhibition, focusing on childhood memories, to be held on March 14th, 2013 at 6.30pm at Blackall studios, Leonard Street, London EC2A 4QS. The artist was most inspired by this good cause; cherishing his childhood memories - and lamenting the tragedy in his childhood; the loss of his beautiful mother - about which he writes in the catalogue of this exhibition.
Auction bids always begin lower than an artist's usual asking price, so this a great opportunity to make a bid for a joyful work of art that will hopefully raise much more for this worthy cancer charity. The work of Stephen B Whatley is in collections worldwide and in public collections including the BBC & the Royal Collection of Queen Elizabeth II, so this work of art comes with quite a history.
"Yabba Dabba Doo" to a high bid for 'Fred' - & for Joss Searchlight - on March14th; which should prove to be a star-studded evening!
To view a little video about the Joss Searchlight Charity & this Special Art Event , please click on the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB7ZkqcW8co&feature=youtu.be
For further details about the exhibition and charity please click the link below; while the bottom link takes you to see the complete painting of "Fred".
www.jossparkessearchlight.org.uk
"Fred" 2008 by Stephen B Whatley - see the whole painting!
19th January 2009. Short video of Fin in the recovery room following the surgery to try to remove his brain tumour.
"Fred" - expressionist artist Stephen B Whatley's tribute to Mr Flintstone - smiles from the wall of Blackall Studios, London early last night as the gallery began filling up for the Joss Searchlight Charity Art Auction...."Fred" was one of 20 works selected for the live auction later that night ( with additional 100 works up for silent bids) by Christies auctioneer Tom Best - in the grey overcoat & daffodil - who was a real star & gentleman, giving a great rousing performance . After a flurry of bids Fred sold for £1000 ($1500)- all to this great charity, that helps dreams come true for children with brain cancer. As Fred Flintstone would cheer, "Yabba Dabba Doo!"
www.jossparkessearchlight.org.uk
To see the painting up close: www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbwhatley/2912088094/
Oil on canvas
24 x 18in
Private collection, Buckinghamshire, UK
Siobhan is a friend who lives nearby and visits with her Dad and big brother. Yesterday we babysat for four and a half hours and had such a great time! We made a kite and mask through origiami and even cooked a carrot cake! I took these photos out by the swing set that is in our backyard. I have a tennis ball suspended from the bar and we hit it with a tennis racket, often whilst she is sitting on the swing. Often the ball hits one of us as we try to avoid it. This belly laugh was because it hit me and I made a funny noise. 'Oohhhhh!!! Ohhh.. It GOT ME!' lol Such fun :)
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A month or two after this photograph was taken it was discovered that Siobhan had a tumour behind her eye and has since lost some of her peripheral eyesight and had several operations to drain off the fluid and slow the tumour's growth. An amazing young girl so full of life and youthful enthusiasm.
FUJIFILM FinePix S5600
f/3.2, 0.25 sec (1/4), ISO 200, 6.3 mm
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23rd March 2009. The fourth hole (we call it Edgar) joins Matilda, Bernard and Big Aunty Jemima at Fin's headhole party.
8th January, uploaded on 9th (iPhone photo).
With the growth having probably begun in utero, it seems that today may well be the second day in Finley's life in which he woke up... tumour free! Told today that the MRI scan yesterday appears to show total removal. There's a margin for error given the level of background 'noise' from the effects of the surgery itself, but the indications are certainly very good indeed.
A sick and sore day again today for the best part, but a real improvement in the last 3 hours or so. If that continues into tonight and tomorrow, there's a real chance we will be able to take Fin home on Friday or Saturday to continue his recuperation there.
Kind of overwhelmed and keeping a morsel of caution back for the slim possibility of disappointment at his next scan (probably in 6 months), but... wow.
Thanks once more for all the support and good wishes over the last 4 years.
This is only meant as a bit of fun.
It's not serious and is just a laugh for Flickrites!
Turn up the volume and squint at the noise.
SOMEHOW:
EXPLORED! Highest position: 179 on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Unless you are a bit squeamish. Those bolts are screwed through the frame and up against my skull. Two on the front, two on the back. Thank you for Lidocaine! I spent 3 1/2 hours with my head resting on the back pair asleep in the Gamma Knife chamber!
Having just pressed her toe to her nose Siobhan thought it was terribly funny.
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Adrian and Siobhan are brother and sister. Adrian decided to be the 'horse' and Siobhan had a lot of fun riding him around the backyard. I tried to get Adrian to lift his head and smile at the camera but there is something really nice about this shot without the eye contact. We always have such fun when they come over for a visit.
I blew up a balloon for Siobhan which she wanted to take with her on our walk to the local shopping center. She needed her hands free so that she could eat an icecream so I tied the balloon to a cord from her pants. Soon after this photo was taken the balloon burst when Adrian and Siobhan fell to the ground with a loud 'POP' :)
Merge of photograph with black and white version to create a muted version with some characteristics of pencil drawing
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For Exploring Photography: Song Title : Beast of Burden by Bette Middler or The Rolling Stones
The original photo had some distracting features which I removed in Photoshop
Photo file: 2007_0126_201116_siob_ed
Why is she laughing? Because I took a photo of her touching her toe to her nose just a moment before.
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8th January 2013.
Just back on the ward after spending the first night post-surgery in the High Dependency Unit.
Edited in photoshop using the Technique: Dreamy portraits method
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March is Brain Tumour Awareness Month. We've compiled ten key facts about this little-understood type of cancer.
4th July 2010.
After a poor night and a day crashed out on the sofa with headaches and high temperatures, we finally called the doc this evening when Fin's temp crept over 40. To the locum at the Royal Berks, from there to A&E where he was admitted due to possibility of meningitis. Cannulated already (how he loves that!) and the first dose of antibiotics pushed through. Hopefully just a blip, but given the history they have to treat for the worst case scenario until they can prove otherwise...
In August last year (2013), I was diagnosed with a large and incurable brain tumour. This revelation has lead me to finding these guys (pic stolen!) who are the largest brain tumour charity in the UK and second largest on the planet. So much good work and support going on and already the staff and volunteers i've met here have been so happy to help.
I've been inspired by my own tumour to get off my fat ass lol and try and help my self - so will be running two 10K's soon and more (to be confirmed) to raise money. Please check out my Just Giving page to see how I'm doing or if anyone wants to donate - even better!!
www.justgiving.com/therepperbrothers
Thanks!
31st October 2010.
A temporary blip for Fin on Halloween. Severe headaches today - so much so that he pretty much couldn't lift his head from the horizontal all day. This little snooze on the floor mid-morning was as good as it got. A good night's sleep tonight and he'll be back to his sparky self in the morning I'm sure.
The cars next to him, by the way, were supplied by Nathaniel to help his big brother feel better. The medicinal properties don't appear to have been too effective, but the thought was there!
19th January 2009.
"He's ok". Two (and a bit) little words. After Fin went into surgery we took the hospital's advice and took ourselves away for a couple of hours, meeting up with Nathaniel and Chicken-nana in Oxford. After quite a surreal late lunch in Pizza Express (why was everybody just happily going about their lives as though everything was normal? Don't they know what's being done to our little boy at this very moment?), we headed back to our room upstairs from the ward, sat by the phone and waited. And waited. Seven hours since we had kissed him goodnight as he drifted away under the anaesthetic. Then, two minutes after Karen had popped down the corridor to the kitchen to wash some plates up, the phone rang. "Hello. The neurosurgeons are at the desk and would like to see you now". Oh God. Out of the door... down the corridor... into the kitchen "We're on. I don't know. They didn't say". Down the stairs. Onto the ward. We turn the corner and can see two of the surgeons by the desk in their scrubs. We slow down. They both look towards us. We're still 12ft or so away. "He's ok".
23rd June 2009. Fin went back to the John Radcliffe today for a scheduled MRI scan - the first opportunity since his big operation to see what, if anything, remains of his brain tumour. The general anaesthetic (his 10th of 2009) went very smoothly this time - I was allowed to hold the mask over his face (horrible to do) which seemed to keep him much calmer as he went under. Now we sit and wait for a week until we have the consultation with his chief surgeon to find out the results of the scan...
24th March 2009. This was pretty much the story of the day again. Much sickness, much sleep and big head and tummy aches.
6th January 2013.
In the "cold play room" on Robin's Ward, before Nathaniel and Solly were collected by Chicken-nana and taken back home, leaving us in with Fin for the duration.
7th January 2013. (iPhone photo)
Taken in the recovery room an hour or two ago. Fin is now in the HDU where he'll be staying the night. Hopefully back on the ward tomorrow together with the impressive new scar in his collection! Surgery went well and we've had a few nods and shakes of the head from him in response to questions. He'll stay well dosed up on the morphine overnight and hopefully tomorrow we'll be able to tell him how proud we are.
My little friend Siobhan came over today for a few hours. She had a new haircut and looked so cute - just like Dora the Explorer :)
I edited this photo in Photoshop CS3 using a mixture of orton action, levels and an overlay layer. I love how her skin tone looks.
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he’s fixed to the bed with tubes
but the brain escapes its moorings
and night crosses back from
morning, mixing words in new salads of meaning
poetry of dementia and trauma.
doctors rate him on a scale from one to ten
meaning slipping to nil.
it is spherical poetry
caught in a box and ivory skull
searching the sky
for new points
on a suspected journey
relatives speak louder
thinking they’ll cross those barriers.
they speak more slowly
as if the hi-speed connection in jammed
which only carries a
touch of terror
when he opens his eyes and sees their faces
wonkybabbit image which matches beautifully to this
This photo was taken just after Adrian had been carrying Siobhan around on his back as a horse. They fell to the ground and started laughing. I couldn't help myself and snapped the moment .
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29th January 2009.
After a few days where the recovery seemed to be getting on track, Fin's big headaches came back and a CT scan showed that fluid was still not draining properly from his head. The bandage on his head was following a procedure that morning to syringe some fluid out for testing. This was found to carry an infection - later confirmed as bacterial meningitis. The clingfilm on his wrists covers anaesthetic cream prior to reinserting the cannulas that had only been removed a couple of days previously. Fin was nil by mouth from 11:30 and had surgery at 20:30 to insert a temporary tube in his head so the fluid can be drained into an external container. All this was on his 5th birthday. Ah, the joys of childhood!
Annual fundraiser for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada.
Every year, thousands of Canadians gather across Canada to lend their support by participating in an annual Spring Sprint (now renamed & rebranded as Brain Tumour WALK) for Brain Tumour research. They gather to celebrate life, to pay tribute to those affected, to remember those who have passed on, and to share in the hope of a cure, while raising money for research and to help find a cure for those affected by this insidious disease.
Those affected with brain tumours find emotional support and comfort while gaining a better understanding and knowledge of this disease.
PLEASE SUPPORT FOR THIS VERY WORTHY CAUSE by making a donation: https://www.braintumour.ca/6915/donate-now
All monies collected go directly to the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada: a national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to research in finding a cure for brain tumours.
The Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada is dedicated to reaching every person in Canada affected by a brain tumour with support, education and information, and to funding brain tumour research.
To all who donate: thank you for your generous support.