Trip to Sydney

We had a day trip to Sydney yesterday to see another doctor just to get a second opinion on the whole situation.

Despite spending near enough to 9 hours in the car (which reminded us why we left Sydney), it was a good day.

We had a good chat with the doctor who reinforced that we were doing the right things at the moment and helped track out what sort of options may be worth considering into the future. In essence, it's really keep on going and don't stop asking questions.

After the doctor, we had lunch at one of my favourite restaurants which I first visited over 30 years ago; Lee's Fortuna Court in Crows Nest. Very tasty meal starting with chicken wrapped in rice paper, crispy skin duck and scallops with snow peas. At the end, Alison's fortune cookie read, "Good news is on its way to you". We'll be keeping our eyes open.

Aside from that, it was the first time I can recall spending 9 hours alone with Ali for many, many years. That alone was pretty special and made the trip all worthwhile.

Doc & Cap treatment no. 3: Day 5

All is going fine so far. Alison has responded as well as can be expected to her latest round of chemo.

She is up and about and getting out to the shops and doing things for short spells. She wears out quickly and needs a sleep but at least she has some energy.

Certainly, she is feeling much better than last time when she ended up in hospital.

Happily, there's not much to report on the health front.

As for other matters, Harry enjoyed his birthday and is very happy to be 8 years old (I know it's a cliché, but the time really has gone SO quickly). He had a busy day with swimming, grandparents visiting and then out for dinner. Annelise handled her brother getting most of the attention very well and must be maturing somewhat.