I thought I should update you on the bone scan and thank you for your thoughts and prayers. It went well. I turned up at the physics department in my jumper and gloves despite the 27 degrees outside. I kept my glove on until the very last minute and the physics girlie got a butterfly needle in first go - yippee! It was wonderful - no clinical skills - no 9 attempts and no bruises. CA and I then went into Reading and had a lovely lunch at Jamie's outside watching the world go by - a real treat. We also shopped - me for Chloe's list of things for Uganda and CA for bits. We returned for the scan 3 hours later. I kept my eyes closed as the scanner came VERY close to my face and it was over in half an hour. It will be reported on in a few days and then I will hear the results. I am SO praying for it to be clear.

For your prayers also - I am having my fistula scanned next Monday with the probability that I will need it ballooned again. I have a bed booked straight after the scan to have fistulaplasty. This involves putting a tiny balloon into my vein and pumping it up to enlarge the narrowing in the fistula. It can be very painful so they sedate you. Last time i had it done it was fine - I have very little memory of it. Just that I bled for a couple of hours so we had to wait for ages. So thats next Monday taken care of!

Also please be praying for Chloe who goes to Uganda on Saturday. She flies on Saturday evening. I am trying not to worry but to be excited for her. What an opportunity to see medicine so different from ours.

Also Ben flies to Turkey with friends for 8 days next Wednesday - it is all go here! His first holiday abroad with out us.