Return of the Jedi

At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Caitlin was discharged from Addenbrooke's. YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!


She'd had her VCR treatment this morning along with her regular steroids, and then the cannulas came out. Caitlin was an absolute star, there were no tears, a little moan and a massive relief. The needles in her hands have been the hardest thing for her. Normal things like eating and drawing are so much harder for her and is quite sore so having these out has made her very happy.


After packing away all of her cards and presents (again, a massive thank you to everyone. It's all really helped Caitlin through this past week) and then had to wait for her medicine to arrive. As we're going home, we're now in charge of giving Caitlin her medicine which is a frightening prospect. We've cleaned and cleared the house so we have to be as organised as possible now to make sure everything is right.


We now face a month of going back to Addenbrooke's every Tuesday and Friday. Tuesday's for chemo, Friday for the bone marrow and lumber puncture. It's these four weeks that are the most vital in Caitlin's recovery and every aspect is analysed and scrutinized to make sure the chemo is doing what it should.


Caitlin arrived to balloons and presents from our lovely neighbours and Nanny Sally, Steve and Uncle Shea. Cleaning the house carried on and a massive thanks to Sally for ironing all our washed clothes for four hours solid! After a scrummy dinner (Daddy is still the best cook ever!), a bath and her meds, she's in bed. It's been a long day, after a very long week but she's so happy to be home and it shows. I've missed my girls so much, and Caitlin always has the ability to cheer me up.


I will end on the best thing I've heard in weeks, and it comes from my Princess's mouth on our shopping trip to Tesco's earlier:


"Daddy, I think everyone is happy I'm not at doctors now."


Couldn't have put it better myself.


xxx