Hello everybody! I went to see the Consultant Oncologist (Dr.Michaelski or "Ski") last week and I also saw Stephen (the Neuro-oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist!) and I got my scan results. Thankfully my tumour has shrunk again, and I've also grown a centimetre since they last measured me. When they were measuring me I saw "tweety bird". I'm doing much better with my pen. 
On Monday 5th I had another MRI scan at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The scanner machine looks similar to this one. I left school early so that Daddy could take me to my piano lesson, then we caught the train to Victoria where we met Mummy. Then Daddy went home to pick up Jack from school whilst we went on to GOSH. On the way to GOSH, every time I said a sentence I always began it with either "I'm scared" or "Mummy" (in a sad sort of tone). When we got to the hospital we went to the MRI department and we were told to take a seat and read a book. When they were ready for us we told the man what I wanted to watch in the scanner but he realised that the DVD was already being watched by someone else. So I had time to wait and go to the toilet. Then a nurse came in with a few questions for mummy and she weighed me and put onto the back of my hand some magic cream for the injection. Eventually we started the scan: as I went into the scanner I was really scared because it's really noisy & dizzy and you feel like it's coming out any moment. When it did I knew that we would have to do the injection which is what I was most afraid of. First off, they wiped my hand with a medi-wipe. Then they held me still, and after I had hugged Mummy, they cleaned my hand again (!) and really held me tight. I screamed for 10 seconds and the first time I didn't feel a thing, but it didn't work. So they had to do it again. This time it worked, and though it did hurt I didn't scream. For the next 15 minutes I lay there happily watching "The Incredibles". On the way home I was all smiles although tired. Lots of love, Sophie xx
