Who nose why?

Catherine's latest favourite film is Tinkerbell, and yesterday I noticed that Catherine's face was very similar to Tinkerbell on the film, so I said to her that I thought she looked a bit like Tink. Catherine was most confused and started stroking her head, explaining that she couldn't look anything like Tinkerbell 'cos Tinkerbell's hair hasn't disappeared like mine'. It was at this moment that I realised Catherine actually understood that she still has no hair. Previously she had never been bothered, so I'm glad that it is starting to come back now before she finds it more of a problem.

At night time, we have bedtime prayers and a story and I give her a cuddle before she goes to sleep. Last night was funny, because just as she dozed off, she grabbed my nose! Not painfully, thankfully, but she still went to sleep holding my nose! I have no idea why, but then Catherine was so deeply asleep that she probably didn't either. Eventually I managed to prize her hand from my nose before leaving the room quietly as usual.

Tomorrow we are receiving the next dose of chemotherapy. Unfortunately, she will also have a few days of steroids as well - frequently known by parents of children being treated for leukaemia as 'grumpy medicine'. Please pray that this goes well and that side effects are minimal. We are hoping that she can get a bit more strength in her muscles to start at basic ballet - she has been asking us when she can start!