Baobab Coffee

Ellies appetite hasn't been effected so far. 

Waffles - Now you see them......now you dont

Toy Show

Well another treatment done. Ellie is doing well right now. A bit of weight loss but other than that all is good. Ellie, Hazel and their friends got second place for a school project this week. It was based on bacteria. Well done girls. We all watched the Toy Show this weekend, it was great fun. Ellie is getting ready for Christmas and the decorations will be put up this weekend. Talk soon......

2 down 50 to go

Ellies first trip back the day ward for treatment since October 2013. All the staff were so suprised to see her again. The nurses and staff are do friendly. Rose is still there and hasnt changed a bit. Pascal is growing a mustache for Movember, he looks super cool. Thank you for the cards that Ellie received this week. We will respond to everyone as soon as we get a personal card printed. 

1done 51 to go

We'll here we go again. Ellie eventually went into theatre on Friday afternoon. That was a very long day, all that waiting around.........and hungry.

Anyway, Freddy line was inserted and Ellie got her first dose of chemo on Friday night.
um stayed over night with Ellie while dad went home to look after Gus and Aaron. Leah stayed in a friend's house.

Dad went back into the hospital on Saturday morning to collect Ellie and mam.

Ellie is home now on the sofa watching Hotel For Dogs.

Talk soon.

Bad news

Hello,
It's been a long time since we've updated the blog. I'll quickly explain what's happened over the last 18 or so months then I'll update you on the present situation.

Ellie's 18 month chemo treatment went very well. We really couldn't have asked for better.
Ellie didn't miss any of the treatment schedule. There was plenty of sickness, hair loss/thinning, blood transfusions, school missed and tears but she coped very well. Finally on October 8th 2013 Ellie was given her final dose of chemo.

Since then there's been holidays in Italy, New York, had a fantastic Christmas and lots of smiles.
We've had one positive MRI scan but unfortunately just over a year after chemo finished we got a call from Ellie's oncologist to say that the tumour is active and action must be taken.
Following a discussion with Dr. Capra we have decided on a 12 month chemo treatment schedule beginning very shortly.

To say we are gutted by the news is an understatement, we are devastated.

We would like to thank everybody for their support during Ellie's first chemo schedule. A special thank you to Make A Wish Foundation and Aoibheanns Pink Tie.

Back shortly with updates of treatment.

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.