- Tuesday 22 Jan.
Up to Peter Mac for 8.30am heart scan to make sure his heart is strong enough to cope with chemo. The guy doing the scan is really lovely and reassuring. Then he is admitted to ward 9 to start chemo.
We feel a little anxious waiting for the chemo to begin. Simon is hooked up to the drip getting different things in preparation for it. He is in a room with one other person, a lovely man called Stan. He is a perfect room mate. Really friendly but doesn't talk the whole time. His cancer is terminal.

At about lunch time the nurses come in and put on protective clothing as they begin the chemo. Simon and I are sitting there waiting to see if he will get a reaction straight away. It just feels cold for a second where the drip is, and that's it. It goes in for one and a half hours on Tuesday and the same on Wednesday with fluids and stuff going in for the rest of the time, until 10pm Wednseday night. The hardest part was that the time for checkout kept getting later and later, so we couldn't complain! (Mum could though as she was waiting in the car for over an hour with the kids trying to get them to sleep).

- Friday 18 Jan.
Had Daisy's 5th birthday today with a little party. Trying to keep things as normal as they can be with all of this going on. Simon played Simon say's (at the party, not just by himself).