It has been a while since our last
update and we apologize for the delay! Hannah has been doing really well the
past few months and is enjoying going to school and riding horses. Last week we
received better than expected news about Hannah's recent scans. They showed
much improvement. We really were not expecting that as Hannah has had some pain
again in her arm recently. We were very pleased to hear Dr van Noesel speak of
a 'partial remission' and even possibly a 'very good partial remission'. For
now we will continue with the chemo every few weeks here in Rotterdam, and will
have more scans in January.
A real highlight for Hannah lately
has been her leased pony 'Pringle', who she loves. She is at the stables often
looking after him and rides now 3 times a week. This is not only fun for her,
but it is also excellent for her general condition. She had a competition last
weekend and won 1st place (riding Pringle, of course!)
We have been to England twice
recently, the first time we stayed in Sam's town of Guildford, where he is
attending the University of Surrey. As this is close to London, we went there
with Hannah to see one of her favorite shows, Singin in the Rain. Hannah
absolutely loved the show and it was great to see her enjoying herself so much.
Recently we also had a weekend in London, arranged for us by the English
charity 'Rays of Sunshine'. Hannah went to the TV show "Strictly Come
Dancing" ("Dancing with the Stars" in the US). She had a great
time there and met many of the dancers and stars. A photo of her on the set,
below. Rays of Sunshine also arranged a really nice lunch for us at a top sushi
restaurant and Han got to make sushi with one of the chefs, photo also below.
For now Hannah is feeling well and
has lots of energy. We are also enjoying this good moment.
We hope you all have happy holidays
and thank you as always for thinking of Hannah.
