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• Sunday 29th April 2007 Hello Everyone, What a week! I have had my little body filled with chemo for 5 days none stop, it finished on Saturday so they unplugged me and I was off to play with my toys. I have been stuck in bed since Tuesday and I was going to make the most of being free! There have been no problems this week, I been sick a few times but this is because all the chemicals in my body and my belly. The chemo has killed all my mother cells that make my blood, platelets ect so as I use my cells up, no more will be getting made and my blood counts will start to drop, this should start happening in the next day or two. I will be moved into the transplant unit tomorrow and given back my stem cells on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. These will take about 7 days to get back into my bone marrow and start making my new cells. If am lucky I will be out in 4-6 weeks but it can take months. Please pray and send positive thoughts that it will be 4 weeks as I can't stay away from the toy room any longer than that. Am still in a good mood and still have the energy to keep Mummy and Daddy busy and am eating little bits here and there. Thank You to everyone for buying raffle tickets. The first draw is tomorrow so good luck to everyone. Emma Friday 27th April 2007 Well am here! Am in Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool and am having chemo and lots of it. The time table am on is unreal, it looks like a timetable for a school day but for 5 days! I am on constant chemo that is going to destroy my bone marrow and make me really ill but kill any cancer cells that are hiding in my body. Am on the ward with other children but when my blood counts start to drop I will be moved into a special until and no one, apart from Mummy and Daddy will be able to see me. I won't be able to see Nanny Dee or Nanny Ang until am fit and well enough. But it has to be done and am as fit as ever so bring it on! My little holiday was brilliant! It was nice to get away with Mummy and Daddy, away from all the doctors and the hospital. We done so much in so little time. We went to see the monkeys and I went to the fair and even the beach a few times. Thank You everyone at Thomas Ball Children's Cancer Fund http://www.thomasball.org.uk/ , it's people like you that make the difference. Emma Wednesday 18th April 2007 Morning everyone. What a busy week! Yesterday I went for a day out to see the fish's and sharks! It was really good but we went very early in the morning so I had the place to myself and we had been all the way around the place and seen all of them within 2 hours so we needed something else to do in the afternoon. We then went to Knowsley safari park to see all the animals. It was really good, we had monkeys jumping on our car and sitting on our wing mirrors! I seen loads of different animals. At the end we went for a walk with the lions and I kicked one of them and got chased by it............. Only messing, they have a fair and I went on all the rides and had loads of fun. As you can tell am in really good health and full of energy and my scar on my belly is going. Am back in hospital today for test on my heart and kidney so I will be there for most of today. Am going away for a few days with Mummy and Daddy, the good people at Thomas Ball Children's Cancer Fund http://www.thomasball.org.uk/ are letting us stay at one of their Chalet's for a few days. I will keep everyone updated on what's happening ASAP Love Emma Friday 13th April 2007 Hello everyone. What another busy week. I received my start date for my bone marrow transplant, it starts on 23rd April 2007. I have a 10 days to get even healthier and build my body up for this treatment. Out of everything I have been through, this is the most dangerous of all the treatments. I have chemo for 8 days straight!!! this will destroy my bone marrow and will make me really ill. I will be in isolation for anything from 4 to 12 weeks so I won't be able to see any of my family, only Mummy and Daddy when am in transplant. Anyway am off to play. Emma XXX Monday 9th April 2007 Am home! yes I am home!!! 4 days after my big operation, am fit and well to go home. They let me out at around 1pm. I feel great, I get little pains in my belly but am big and brave. Bring on my transplant! We are now waiting for a letter to let us know when I start my transplant so for the next few weeks I will be getting even healthier and fitter so am in the best shape for transplant. Thank you everyone for your donations, to get to £80,000 in just over 2 months is amazing. I still need to raise another £120,000 so please please please keep it going. **A special thank you to Rio Ferdinand, Nares and Haji for donating a signed Manchester United football** Love Emma Sunday 8th April 2007 First of all, Happy Easter everyone! Thank you to everyone who sent me cards and presents, I received them from all around the world! What a week! I think we should start with the main news, my operation. I was admitted to hospital on Tuesday 3rd to make sure I was ready for my op. I was, bring it on!!! my platelets where only 47 so I needed a platelet transfusion. The surgeon came to see me at 6:30pm and also to explain the operation to Mummy and Daddy. Mummy said he was brilliant in explaining stuff. He also told Mummy and Daddy that it was going to be a very long day for them tomorrow. I was given a bed space on ward K3, this is the ward where my cancer journey started way back in November 2006 so I have lots of friends on there, Mummy and Daddy where given a room in the Mc House. I woke up nice and early on Wednesday morning and played with the toys on the ward. I really wanted my bottle but the nasty doctor had robbed it, again! At 9:30am I was given a drug to calm me down, this made me drunk! Am only 2 years old and I was off my head! I couldn't stand up and the room was spinning around but Mummy and Daddy where there to help me. At 10am I was told it was time. Daddy gave me a kiss outside as only 1 person is allowed in with me, Mummy came with me while they gave me some magic milk and off I went to teletubbie land. I don't remember nothing else for the rest of the day but Daddy told me that I was only in the operation for 3 hours and the surgeon said "it was the perfect operation" they managed to remove 100% of the tumour and save my kidney. I could not of asked for anything more. Thank you Mr surgeon and his team! I didn't even had to go into ICU, I went straight into HDU and slept for the rest of the day. The next morning the doctor said I could go back to K3 so I was moved there at 11am. Mummy and Daddy bought me loads of new DVD's so I watched them all day and night. On Friday morning I was feeling a lot better. I was allowed a few swigs of water and some goats milk and I was sitting up in my bed. The doctors said I was doing fine and tomorrow I could start eating again. I spent the rest day bossing Mummy and Daddy around. well that's what there their for! Saturday was just unexpected! I woke up nice and early and wanted some breakfast so Mummy made me some nice organic weetabix with my goats milk and I ate all that up and then I wanted to go for a walk, yes a walk! The nurse said it was OK so off I went to play with the toys at the other end of the ward. I was even allowed to go for a walk off the ward so I went to see my friends on Oncology and to show of my new scar! I spent most of Saturday walking, bending and also running! It's amazing how well I am, Mummy and Daddy thought I would spend weeks in ICU but after only 2 days am up playing and walking as normal and am not on any pain relief. Love Emma
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