Wednesday, April 8, 2009

More good results

Alison had another scan yesterday and the results were good again.

The main tumour in her liver is now 21mm, down from the 29mm last time and less than half the 50mm it was at late last year.

Other small tumours in the liver are now no longer visible, the tumour in her hip bone has not grown and there are no new growths visible.

We are all very happy as you could imagine! It was a big relief as Ali had been having some pain coming from the region near her liver so we were a bit concerned.

Onto the day to day life issues, Annelise had her interview with Girls Grammar today. We met with the head of Years 3-6 as part of the entry process.

Annelise was asked what she likes at school; 'art, drawing and playing with clay' was about all she could think of. She was then asked what makes her happy at school; 'not getting into trouble' was her response. I was starting to think we were getting into dangerous territory.

Next question was about what she doesn't like about school; 'stuff like maths and reading, I don't like reading books'. Ooops, not the best way to impress.

The winner though was yet to come. Annelise was asked whether there were any special areas that she was working on at school to do better; 'trying not to get into so many fights'.

At least the school will know that she was not coached to do and say the right things and that she is honest (mostly) and has spirit. We'll just have to wait and see what happens next.

Thanks to all for your good thoughts and wishes and I'll blog again in the next two weeks or so.