Slow Progress

Ellen is still very poorly and into her fourth week of this infection; she has been in hospital for three months now (with only one week at home) which is understandably taking its toll. She is starting to show some signs of progress (less vomiting and tolerating more nutritional feed) but still having high temperatures. We are trapped in a vicious circle as the infection is suppressing her bone marrow recovery but she can't fight the infection effectively without an active bone marrow. A combination of this slow recovery and the logistical impact of all the public holidays has delayed the liver biopsy in Kings Hospital which we now hope will be towards the end of next week. Thanks for all messages of support.