Iris's Blog

Iris had her eye op on Wednesday. Both sides of the right eye and one side of the left eye were operated on. All went well. The idea of the op is to make her eyes a bit straighter (not perfectly straight) to improve her vision. The correction was needed after her eye muscles were damaged during surgery and radiotherapy treatment. A follow-up operation may be needed in the future.

Iris resisted opening her eyes much of Thursday, eventually giving in when daddy took her shopping for new clothes. She is expected to be off of school for 10 days.

On Monday Iris had her assessment for growth hormone replacement (damaged pituitary gland). The treatment will start soon – Iris plans to administer the injections herself.

The wettest drought on record

The photos of our driveway below are very indicative of the weather conditions we have experienced since the hosepipe ban came into force nearly a month ago.

Iris is continuing to do well but is very busy with hospital appointments. Last week we got the all-clear from the MRI scan the week before.

Tomorrow (Monday) Iris has a day of starvation and blood tests in order to determine the growth hormone treatment she will receive.

Wednesday, Iris is booked in for the eye surgery that was cancelled last month.

Thursday we are back in to see one of her consultants.

Deb appears to be recovering remarkably well from her marathon. Official pics of her during and after the run can be found on this link http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.422862464410496.111200.124390884257657&type=3

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