Eloise is currently having her (now 6-monthly) MRI. She has been a superstar as always, having no breakfast and today even gave herself the general anasaethic (i.e. holds the gas mask). We are really grateful Eloise is well enough with no coughs, colds or temperature this week so she can go ahead with the scan today. Afterward, Eloise will then have her shunt checked/adjusted by the neurosurgeon and come home later. All she wants to do is to go to her swimming lesson this evening!
We would be grateful for prayers for the results – that it shows that she is NED (No Evidence of Disease), for the small lesion in the brainstem to not have changed (or disappeared!) and for the hydrocephalus to all be fine and well managed with her shunt.
Eloise is doing really well. She’s loving school, has lots of friends and is learning and developing. The school is brilliant with all the adaptations enabling Eloise to thrive – including doing daily physio, speech and language and OT exercises. That said, it has been a bit of a bumpy start to school with Eloise being off school a lot for the first few weeks with infections. This included a short hospital stay due to her ‘extreme response to the infection’ and is then followed by Eloise working hard to try to keep up with the learning she has missed.
However, Eloise is doing well this week, so we take each week as it comes, and we are so proud of her. She is a seriously mentally strong girl and doesn’t want to let anything beat her – nothing is a fuss for her, she just gets on with it!
For those that pray:
- We would be grateful for your prayers – for the scan today and the plethora of appointments over the coming weeks, and for Eloise to fight infection in a ‘normal/manageable’ way over the winter months. The up-and-down unpredictability and chaos can be tricky for her, and us all to manage.
- Give a big thanks that Eloise is doing unbelievably well considering all her challenges.
Eloise preparing for today’s scan
Eloise Zoe 
Praying all goes well today. Do hope she might get to her swimming lesson, although she only needs to go outside! 😅
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Praise God for many wonderful achievements and for recovering from illnesses! Praise God for such attentive and loving parents, relatives, friends, and teachers who care for and attend to precious Eloise! Praying for today’s MRI and other scheduled exams th
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May God Bless you Eloise everyday . You are Amazing. Praying for NED on the results too. Thankyou Lord for all the provisions for Eloise and her family
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What a superstar!! All my thoughts and wishes are for NED result!!
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prayers continue for this lovely little girl, thanks for updates and explanations we can follow. Bless you all 💕
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such a superstar.😊❤️💕
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so pleased Eloise is such a strong little girl. We are always praying for her courage with all the treatment, and she never gives up! Keep going Eloise!! 💕💕💕
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such an inspiration. Beautiful child. We keep praying.
Sue (Bath)
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saying
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praying for all of you today and giving thanks for your steadfast love 🩷🙏. What a privilege to be able to pray alongside and witness love in action in so very many ways. I am humbled and inspired by it. And yes what a ‘ superstar’! 🌟Xx
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you go girl, do your absolute best you can do, you are in my prayers 🙏 🙏 🙏 tonight, Australian Queensland time, I hope you stay strong, and I hope that the next scan comes back as a negative, and thay find nothing there, get better soon, and I hope you’re making your mummy and Daddy, happier everyday, lots of love 💖🧸 little miss Strong girl
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