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23 18:46

18:46 is the time taken for a 4-year-old cancer survivor to complete a Parkrun. Mason has just turned 4 years old in January and...

22 For now

It’s been 7 months since our last blog post and that was the fundraiser for LATCH, prior to that, the previous blog post was in June last...

21 To Endure

Following on from blog post 19 Mason21 Big LATCH Raffle I wanted to type up a quick entry to update all our supporters who have kept us...

20 Silent Hero

Throughout the whole year of 2021 there was one person who has stood out, has supported us and helped Mason through his struggles, her...

19 Mason21 Big LATCH Raffle

Scroll to the bottom of the page for the prize draw and WINNERS Today we are trying to do something a little different and host an online...

18 Benefits of being 1

In the beginning, when hospital visits with Mason were becoming more frequent, and to the point at which we were told of Masons diagnosis...

17 Augustus Gloop

We have touched in previous blog posts how important Masons nutrition has been throughout the year and wanted to take a brief moment with...

16 One parent only

"The ‘one parent policy’ has negatively impacted the entire span of our year from diagnosis, through chemotherapy, operation, and...

15 Proton

During Mason’s chemo we were told it was likely that he would need radiotherapy. Our initial impressions were….okay? How does that differ...

14 Last Orders

Masons operation to remove the bulk of his tumour went well. In a perfect world the surgeons said they would always like to achieve a...

13 Five hours Five days

Mason was a little over 5 hours on the operating table before we would receive that call from the surgeon to say everything went as well...

12 Charity kudos

We have used this post to take a break and give a shout out to some of the organisations we've discovered throughout the year between...

11 Pre-op

Chemotherapy has done a good job, and so far in only four rounds the tumor has shrunk to less than half its original size and has...

10 Chemo continues

Throughout Masons first round of treatment, everything was a learning curve. We naturally discussed things that went well and other...

09 Free Donations

Very brief post here, but for those who aren’t already aware and use Amazon, Amazon Smile is an option that can be selected in order to...

08 Neutropenia

After each session of chemotherapy, we are itching to bring Mason home. Finally, back to some normality, fresh air, his own bed, toys,...

07 Chemo boy - round 1

Following Mason's Hickman line installation, we had started to adjust to the fact he would shortly receive chemotherapy, and as referred...

06 Hickman line

Just wanted to open this post up straight into some info on the Hickman line, the link just below is similar to the sort of posters we'd...

05 Knocked Out

As a parent….Masons first general anaesthetic (GA) was horrendous to experience. From the doctor’s perspective, a textbook and...

04 First visit to Rainbow Ward

Being admitted to a children’s oncology ward was daunting for us, something we never imagined encountering. Hopefully we’ll be in and...

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