“It’s been a while since I gave an update, we were in hospital for nearly the whole summer. Lotus was extremely ill and was taken in by ambulance and was in isolation for a few weeks with extremely high temperatures and very poorly. She ended up being put on oxygen and was given lots of different antibiotics, had blood and platelets transfusions and ended up on morphine for the amount of pain she endured but we’re out the other end of it now! She is a real trooper just the bravest girl ive ever known! She always pulls through the toughest of times and comes out stronger than ever before!
We are finally on the last round of chemo before heading on to 2 years of maintenance which involves chemo monthly instead of daily and weekly which is absolutely incredible to think she has come this far, she really is just amazing! Last week she was in theatre and took her self there on an little electric car which was so much fun for her! As soon as she got in, she pressed the pedal and went flying – the nurse was running along side with the drip! I had to go in front to stop her from taking off and pulling the drip needle out so it quickly got changed to remote control mode, where one of the surgeons had to guide her down haha!
She knew none the wiser though and still had the best time, then got to play with a bubble machine before heading off for a sleep for surgery, where she endured a lumber puncture and chemo into the brain though her spine and a new temporary line fitted that goes though her arm to her heart as the Porta-Cath she has had so many problems with and she is completely traumatised each time it is accessed by the gripper which had a big needle where they take bloods from and use for administrating medications and chemo’s. The new line is so much easier on her as it is needle-less and no more traumatic scenes. Thankfully however only temporary, im hoping the change with her main line to a hickman line which is a similar idea just the wait is a nightmare but this helps in the mean time.
Must of had a lot of dreams of the blue car as when she woke up thats all she wanted, so will definitely be treating her to one as she fell in love – bless her! She is currently on daily chemo at home and still has surgery again near the end of the month.
It’s Childhood cancer awareness month and I honestly couldn’t be more amazed of how Lotus-Maeve has coped and how incredibly well she has fought through this whole journey! I’m the proudest mum in the whole world to have such a brave kind beautiful little girl who has fought and fought and just keeps on fighting, as she will till the very end and beat cancer in the a** 💪🏻💪🏻🧡🎗🎗🎗”
– Eilidh Hendry (Lotus-Maeve’s Mother) – 15/09/25
