Christian’s latest check up went well again, he will now be having 6 monthly check ups. Christian has always loved dancing, even when he was unwell and tiny he was a funky mover… Here he is a few years later and much healthier
Christian has been complaining about leg pains for the last few weeks, mostly at the bottom of his right leg. This has obviously been worrying us as these were the symptoms when his cancer last relapsed to the bone. We told the Marsden about it at his review before Christmas and he was booked in…
Last week Christian had some tests at the Royal Marsden – a blood test, a bone scan and a chest x-ray. The good news is that all is still clear. We had been a bit worried as he had a really nasty bug earlier this month with a very high temperature, and an upset stomach,…
Claudia took Christian into the Marsden for his 3 monthly check up today. He had a chest x-ray, a leg x-ray, and an abdominal ultrasound. The chest and tummy are fine and we should get the result of the leg x-ray in a couple of days. The leg x-ray was done at the last moment,…
28th September 2007 Last week Christian had a bone scan and a CT scan and the results came back today, he is clear of cancer! We’ve got a long way to go and he is still in danger from the treatment, his kidney function, for example, is still not what it should be, but we…
Wednesday 15th November 2006 The good news is that the MRI scan and the CT scan results show that there has been no spreading anywhere beyond his lower left femur (knee). In order to confirm the fact that it is a return of the clear cell sarcoma he needs to have a bone biopsy which…
Friday 10th November 2006 After a year of peace, Christian had a Bone Scan on Wednesday because he has been having a sore knee. It appears that there is a “an area of increased uptake on the Lower Femur of the left knee”. The most likely reason is that the same cancer he had has…
Good news and bad news: the good news is that Christian has been in a fantastic mood for the last couple of days, he was very taken with his cousins Elizabeth and Thomas who came around for a barbecue yesterday (Elena took some photos hereand here). The bad news is that the blood cultures from…
