Its been a while

Hi all, sorry we havent updated since Christmas. The time has flew by, wont happen again......promise.

Ellie is doing just great at the moment. We still have the weekly visits to Our Ladys, Ellie's treatment day is Tuesday at the moment.

She is on a three week break from chemo at the moment so its just weekly bloods and dressings for the next couple of weeks. We do have a big week in mid April, Ellie has an important MRI followed the next day by chemo. Hopefully the results from the MRI are positive.

Ellie was one full year into treatment last week, so just six more months to go.

We have a new addition to the family..............we got Gus a few weeks ago. Gus is a Pug and he is five months old at the moment.

We also had the St. Patricks Day parade recently......Ellie, Sophie(Ellies cus) and daddy took part in the parade with Celbridge Boxing Club. We had a great day and thankfully it didnt rain.

Anyway talk soon, we gota go and watch Two and a Half Men....quality daughter and daddy time :-)

Heres a few recent photographs...... <3 love ellie

Merry Christmas

Ellie and the family had a fantastic Christmas this year.
Santa was very generous to Ellie this year. She got lots of Moshi Monster things, a digital camera, Harumicka, a portable DVD player and a number of DVDs.

Ellie received many Christmas cards and presents from many different parts of the world, there are to many to single out so we would like to thank everybody that took the time to send Ellie a card or a present.

Ellie is in great form at the moment and is feeling very well. She is spending her days and evenings colouring her Moshi Monster colouring book.

The Dixon family would like to wish all our friends and family a Healthy and Happy New Year.

We will return to you in 2013 and leave you with some recent photos of Ellie.

Getting ready for Christmas

Hi all, its December 7th and Ellie cannot wait for Christmas.
Still over two weeks to go but that Christmas feeling is in Crumlin Hospital and its lifting the sick childrens spirits. This weekend will be very busy for Ellie, on Saturday she is taking to the skies from Dublin airport along with dad and other children that attend Crumlin Hospital. I reckon the man in the big red suit will also be on the plane giving presents to the children. Should be great fun.

Then on Sunday she has the St. Johns Ward Christmas party, lots of celebs, pressies, fun and games.
This is with thanks to the wonderful staff on the ward. Not only do they work very hard while in the hospital looking after sick children, they give up their own time to prepare this event and ensure that every child in attendance enjoys the party this Sunday.

Chemo: Ellie is in the middle of chemo treatment at the moment but will have the Christmas and New Year Holidays free of chemotherapy. That certainly is good news and something to be thankful for.

We will post a few photos over the Christmas.

Halloween

Ellie had a fantastic halloween. She dressed up as Katy Perry and looked brill. Thankfully she had no bad effects from chemo this time other than a sore throat which she needed antibiotics for. Next week is her last chemo before her three week break. Since halloween is over we are all now looking forward to christmas especially Ellie. She has given her list in already and its very looooooonnnnnnngggggggg!!!!!
Lets hope Santa has enough room on his sleigh!!! Below are a few pics of Ellie as Katy Perry.

Ellie giving Chemo the oul 1 - 2

Hi all, very sorry for not keeping you posted these last few weeks.

Ellie is doing great and is currently on a three week chemo break. Three weeks of chemo begins next Tuesday but Ellie is in good form at the moment and is ready for it.

Ellie had a blood transfusion two weeks ago as her blood stats were very low. All is well now, and a huge thank you to all the men and women that take the time to give blood. It really does help sick children and adults, and in some cases it can save lives.

School is going well at the moment and Ellie is attending school most days (bar the week of the blood transfusion).

We just had a look at the calendar this week and noticed that all going well Ellie will be on a break from chemo during the Christmas and New Years holidays. She will still need to attend weekly but no chemo.
Happy days!!!!!

Will sign off for now, talk soon.
Here are some pics of Ellie recently.

Happy Birthday Miss Ellie

Well after the good news of the positive results from Ellies MRI, what better way to celebrate than with a birthday. Ellie will be 9 years old on Monday the 17th of September.
We had a lot of Ellies friends over to help us celebrate on Saturday afternoon. We had lots of sweets, cake, pizza and hot dogs.
We organised Little Miss Party Nails for the girls, Jacqui and Elaine kept the girls entertained by doing lots of lovely nail art, tattoos and jewellery making.

Ellie started maintenance chemo last Tuesday September 11th, all went well and without any sickness.
Her chemo sessions will be three weeks on then three weeks break and so on till September 2013.

A big thank you to everybody that has sent get well cards, birthday cards and presents to Ellie recently.
They have lifted Ellies spirits and put a smile on her face.

Talk soon.

Stable

Well we got a call from Our Ladys giving Ellie good results from the MRI she had last week.
Growth in the tumor has stalled and there may even be a very slight decrease in the size of it.
This is the best news we could have got, Ellie has gone through a lot these last few months and although this doesn't shorten the course of chemo. It means that we can plough into the next 12 months and a positive result is more likely after this MRI.

Ellie is back in the hospital for chemo tomorrow, she begins a twelve month period of three weeks of chemo followed by three weeks off and so on.

Thank you to everybody for their prayers and well wishes recently.

Here is a photo of Ellie in her school uniform with a little teddy bear.
The teddy bear was made by daddys friend Breege, thank you so much Breege.