Hoorah - a short break at home

Roz is out for ten days or so. In some cases with MDS, we learn, they give you a second full bout of chemo prior to the transplant (which itself is preceded by a 'conditioning' bout of chemo). She does have to go back for a day for another bone marrow biopsy on Monday.

We took a taxi from Kings Hospital to Paddington to keep the exposure to other people to a minimum and then had breakfast in Starbucks. I kept explaining what these strange things around her were - the sky, people, cars, etc - remember that she had been in hospital for weeks, in a room with a blocked up window

When we got back, she went to pick up the children who had not been told - so it was a lovely surprise. They were delighted, and we had a few tears of joy.

Regards Richard

PS I had more blood taken from me last week to try and get my iron count down. I must ask if they can numb the arm before they take it as the needle is a bit big