MRI tomorrow

After a long time without one – Eloise has an MRI tomorrow.

Overall she’s doing really well – making progress physically and developmentally and really benefitting from all the daily and repeated interventions she receives at school and from professionals. We are so grateful for the school and a wider community that champion Eloise and enable her to thrive and be the best she can be.

A couple of weeks ago Eloise turned 6! Wow, that’s a big number! (Slightly odd because she doesn’t seem like 6 too…). Eloise had very strong ideas for her birthday and made sure we celebrated it in style – requesting a BBC Dog Squad themed party (great programme if you haven’t watched it). Due to some coincidences, the real guide dog Kika and Dr Amit from the BBC programme came to her party! It was the most amazing day and Eloise absolutely loved it (although she might have high expectations for future parties!). Thank you to Dr Amit and those involved in making this happen!

We would value prayers for her MRI tomorrow. We aren’t concerned, but also all too aware that ‘unexpected’ things crop up. Only earlier this week, Eloise had an instance that reminded us of such.

For those that pray:

• Give thanks that Eloise is doing well and has defied the odds.
• Pray for her MRI tomorrow – for the scan to show no recurrence, no change to the lesion in the pons area of her brain, that the shunt is working well – and nothing else unexpected/untoward.
• Pray Eloise continues to develop and that the long term side effects of the tumour and the treatment are as limited as possible.
• Give thanks that Eloise loves life, is sociable and teaches us all how to  make the most of each day (she has so many ideas, is very confident and doesn’t want to let anything hold her back).