It's Tuesday and we're still in Addenbrooks, but freedom is in sight... 9.20pm to be precise. Then no more chemo for at least six weeks! Lola has had a rough ride with the chemo this time, feeling nauseous almost immediately and actually being sick quite spectacularly on Sunday night. She managed to eject her nose tube, which left me floundering to know which direction to pull it out! Luckily, a nurse was on hand and did a swift removal. Despite feeling sick, Lola 'needed' a Chinese for supper last night and I had to apologise to all the other families on the ward for filling it with the smell of food!

'Cool Beans' Jo, one of Lola's favourite nurses, kindly stayed on after her night shift to replace Lola's tube this morning. A horrible experience all round and best forgotten as quickly as possible. I can only imagine how disgusting it must feel having a tube pushed up your nose, down into your stomach and then moved around until in exactly the right place. Lola had the tightest cuddle, shut her eyes and it was in. Unfortunately, it sets off the gag reflex and made her quite sick again for a while afterwards. It felt mean to agree to a tube when she has managed to regain a bit of weight, but it means that the majority of medicines can be given through it and she doesn't have the stress and discomfort of swallowing them, or food, when she feels really poorly.

Nancy and Greta are having a lovely time at Granny B's, spreading Polly Pocket and Animal Rescue all over the floor, and I can't wait to spend the rest of half term with them. According to Lola, it's pancakes for breakfast tomorrow as we've missed Pancake Day today, and we've got boxes of toys and books from storage to unpack. Friday is party day. Mathilde is back from France to celebrate her birthday and, all being well, we will all be there.

Meanwhile, I really could do with some crossword help -
'Quality of outweighing other factors etc' (13) - - - - o - d - r - g - e
'Extreme members of group' (7,6) L - n - t - - / - - - - - -