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23rd March 2009. Still in the recovery room after the operation to put in his shunt and not quite sure what to do with himself.
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15th May 2013.
Results of Finley's MRI scan received today, showing... nothing! The tumour is gone! Just one "watch site" flagged up to keep an eye on - although that is most likely to be a bit of damage from the surgery rather than any suggestion of abnormal new growth.
News we've waited a long time to hear, ever since the darkest days of January 2009. Tumour-free. Wow.
From here... back to Oxford for a status check in 8 months; another scan in a year and if all stays clear, annual scans for the next 5 years. Other concerns - Fin's continuing nausea in the evenings in particular - are apparently consistent with the location of his ex-tumour and may just need to be lived with for some time yet. Pah, easy!
15th February 2009. More than two weeks after his miserable birthday, we finally served up the third of his birthday cakes (courtesy of Aunty Michelle - or "Other One's Mummy" as Nathaniel has christened her). Taken in the "Parents' kitchen" upstairs from the ward.
May 2014.
Fin's latest MRI and all is still looking good after last year's surgery. The "area of abnormality" identified in the last scan remains but is unchanged - and there is no sign of any tumour regrowth. The annual scans will now continue for another 10 years rather than 2 as originally planned, but as long as they stay shadow-free, he and we will happily take those little pockets of stress as they come.
Teresa had a bit of a set back earlier this week; looks the tumour has decided to make itself known again; after a few days of being down she bounced back after being put on steroids - having MRI next week to see what is happening
23rd March 2009. Mid-evening. As the pressure in Fin's head changes, the headaches and sickness hit hard.
5th March 2009. Having a bit of a "moment" (unusual for him) about taking some medicine to ease the headaches. All been a bit much for him today I think.
26th March 2009. Fin wasn't allowed out of bed today - an attempt to give the shunt a chance to drain more gradually rather than siphoning out the fluid as it does when he's upright.
1st March 2009. Another failed mission to track down the elusive air ambulance (actually our cover story for getting Fin out into the fresh air every now and then - although we have caught it on the helipad a couple of times).
14th February 2009. At the entrance to the Children's Hospital is a large wooden dragon that can be ridden on.
27th March 2009. Still having some rough spells, but we took the decision to take Finley home today. It may take a couple of weeks before the shunt settles down and the headaches stop so we figured we'd have to deal with it at home sooner or later.
9th March 2009. After another tough day, Fin drifted off into a snooze a little after 17:00. At the time of writing (01:45) he's still fast asleep having not stirred through one batch of antibiotics (the next is due shortly at 02:00).
The CT scan, carried out in the Royal Berks in Reading on the morning of 15th January 2009. About half an hour after this, Finley was taken off into a playroom. We were taken into a little office, sat down on a sofa with 5 of the hospital staff facing us and were told that Finley didn't have a virus or migraines as we'd feared, he had a brain tumour. We were in an ambulance on the way to the John Radcliffe in Oxford within the hour and Fin had the first of his operations that evening. The tumour is the large dark patch.
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23rd March 2009. Checking his head is still on his shoulders I think. In the recovery room after operation number 4 - the insertion of his shunt.