FRIDAY 14th OCTOBER:
Today wasn't such an early start, Joni-Mai was to have a PET (positron emission tomography) Scan, another scan to see if there was any other abnormal cell activity in her body. We arrived at UCH for 10am, Joni-Mai was to have some radioactive liquid put in her intravenously. Unfortunately, this wasn't as straight forward as we'd have liked. The cannula from Wednesday had become twisted and was causing Joni-Mai some pain, when they had tried to flush the cannula it was agony for her and so they needed to remove the awkward cannula and replace it. Joni-Mai, understandably, was very upset by this and we had to return to the daycare unit for her to calm down. After an hour or so, Joni-Mai was taken to a treatment room to have a small butterfly needle put in her hand for the sparkle juice to be put in - ready for her PET scan - and removed at the same time. She was distraught by the whole affair but it was finished and done with quicker than she'd anticipated.
We waited for the sparkles to make their ways around her body. In the mean-time, we watched Tangled and put her Tangled stickers in her sticker album and Dr Michelagnoli spoke to us about her chemotherapy treatment and answered any questions we had. By the time our slot arrived for the scan, Joni-Mai had watched Tangled through once. When asked what DVD she'd like to watch during her scan, she chose TANGLED - AGAIN!! She laid so still and was so good for the duration, singing along to the songs in the film as they came on, leaving Mummy and Gramma teary eyed.
Joni-Mai was free again, to go home for the weekend. Today, Uncle Marcus collected us and took us home. Joni-Mai loves her Uncle Marcus.
THANK YOU UNCLE MARCUS! <3 x
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