Sophie Roberts' Story

Hi All, This time last year we were told Sophie had relapsed and were asked if we wanted to put her in palliative care. After that devastating day it’s been an incredible journey and with so much amazing support from you all she’s now 3 months in remission, back at nursery and due to have … Continue reading »

Hi All, We’re four weeks off treatment and Sophie is doing well. She has more energy and appetite than ever, it’s almost like she’s a different child and just goes to show that even though she tollerated the chemo well how rubbish it must have made her feel. We saw her Oncologist today who is … Continue reading »

Hi Everyone, Some good news, after 18 months of treatment comprising of 18 rounds of chemotherapy and 3 major operations Sophie is now stopping treatment. Sophie had a CT scan January 16th to check that there is still no evidence of disease and thankfully both her lungs and liver are still clear. We then met with … Continue reading »

Please come along to The Victoria Halls Hartley Wintney Christmas Fayre this Saturday 10th November. There will be 50 stalls selling a fabulous selection of Christmas gifts for every age range. All admission proceeds and sales of tea, cakes and raffle prizes will go to Kids ‘n’ Cancer. Thanks, Ruth and Andrew

We’ve been back from New York now for 6 weeks and it’s starting to feel like life is returning to some semblance of normality after the last chaotic 4 months. Sophie has recovered fully both physically and mentally from the operations. One of her stitches has become a little infected so she’s on antibiotics but … Continue reading »

Well, we’re back at last. It’s been a long three weeks and we’re all happy to be back at home with baby James again. Sophie has recovered well from her operations, she doesn’t seem to be in too much pain anymore although her tummy is still playing up. She’s lost a lot of weight so … Continue reading »

We arrived at Sloan-Kettering at 10:00 yesterday morning for surgery on Sophie’s right lung. We were a bit worried about how Sophie would react at being back in hospital as she’s been quite unsettled this week, asking to go home and not her unusal manic self. She was absolutely fine though and quite happily played and … Continue reading »

We arrived at the hospital at 06:30 with an already hungry Sophie and then had a tense wait she was taken down for surgery at 11:00. Sophie was quite happy to sit and watch TV all morning and she gave Mummy and Daddy lots of kisses and cuddles. We were able to walk her round … Continue reading »

After a long, tense wait Sophie had her first visit to Sloan-Kettering today. The facilities are great and the staff very friendly (so they should be for the amount we are paying!). Sophie had a CT scan today and we are already discovering that they do things slightly differently in the US! Sophie had  to drink some … Continue reading »

Hi everyone, Sophie’s at the airport and flying in just over an hour! Thank you for everything you’ve done, she wouldn’t be here without you! Ruth and Andrew