Good News!

Fintan was back at the Royal London yesterday for his EUA (examination under anaesthetic) following his treatment last month and we are pleased to report that the Radiotherapy appears to have been very successful!

All the tumours are inactive, some of the smaller ones have completely disappeared and any suspicious areas are no longer suspicious.  We are absolutely delighted with this news and feeling far more positive about Fintan retaining his sight.  

Fintan will continue having his eyes checked regularly as he could still develop new tumours, but as he is gets older the risk reduces (by the age of 2 years 9 months he only has a 1% chance of developing new tumours).  We do not have to go back to the Royal London until late March; 8 weeks seems a very long time when Fintan has been having his eyes checked every 3/4 weeks, but if we have any concerns we can bring the appointment forward.

No photo opportunities at the Hospital yesterday, but here are some pictures anyway to brighten up the screen!!

Update

We had a fantastic Christmas at home, with family and friends kindly taking time out to visit us - it was lovely not having to rush around, battling traffic to be anywhere by a specific time!!

After a 4 week break from hospital visits, we are back at the Royal London next Wednesday (21st Jan) for Fintan's EUA (examination under anaesthetic) to see how successful the Radiotherapy treatment has been. Fintan's vision does not appear to have deteriorated at all, which we hope is a good sign, but we try not to get our hopes up too high as we never really know what is going on at the back of his eyes.

Our local newspaper, the 'Bucks Free Press', will be running an article on Fintan either this week or next which will help to raise awareness of Retinoblastoma. The article already appears on their website - http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/...cer/

Until next week - in the meantime here are a few pictures from Christmas.