They keep talking when Lucy heard footsteps
L-tam sweetheart is that you
Ta-yea I'm hungry
L-come here let's get you food
Tamara started walking towards Lucy but she was stumbling everywhere
L-tam let me help you
Ta-thanks Lucy sat Tamara down and made her some pasta Tamara ate it but she yawned
Ta-can I go back to sleep I'm still really tired
L-yea of course let me help you to bed
Ta-thanks Tamara got in bed and fell asleep
The next week it was Monday morning Tamara was feeling better then before her legs stopped being weak
Lucy went in Tamara's room and woke her up
L-tam get ready okay we have 1 hour until we have to be at the hospital to get your chemo
Ta-okay Tamara got dressed they arrived at the hospital
D-Tamara Collins
Ta-that's us
The doctor got Tamara in the room and connected her up to the machine
D-so last time we did this the chemo didn't work very well so we're going to admit her for a week and do chemo everyday to get her cancer to progress slower
L-okay can I stay with her
D-yea we'll bring in a bed for you to because she'll need someone with her
L-okay thanks
Ta-what you guys talking about
D-I was just saying that the chemo didn't work as well as it should last time so we're going to admit you for a week and do chemo everyday to stop it progressing any worse
Ta-okay Tamara finished her chemo for that day she changed into a hospital gown and she sat on the bed feeling weaker every day that passed then finally it was Saturday she had to get a few tests to make sure she's okay to go home
The doctor came in and did a few tests
D-okay she can go home but she's going to need a lot of sleep and rest
L-okay thanks
Lucy took Tamara home but Tamara had fell asleep in the car Lucy lifted Tamara into the wheelchair and pushed her inside
T-hey your back
L-shh she's asleep she needs a lot of sleep and rest
T-did it go okay
L-yea but she's been feeling really weak tho so I'm just going to put her in bed quickly
T-okay do you need help
L-no I got her
T-okay Lucy took Tamara into her room and put her in bed before going out to Tim
Two years passed Tamara was now 14 she was about to go to her last chemo appointment
L-you ready tam
Ta-yea thanks mum
L-of course let's head there now okay then we can come back let you sleep and tomorrow is going to be a pyjama day with snacks and movies
Ta-okay thanks your the best Tamara hugged Lucy they arrived at the hospital and Tamara got her chemo they went home and they were talking to the doctor
D-okay so now we're not doing chemo since your cancer is gone but you need to take these tablets one a day to keep it away so your still going to have weekly checkups until it's safe for you to come off the tablets it will most likely be a year tho
Ta-what I thought I was done now
D-no I'm sorry your not
Ta-mum can we go home
L-yea come on I'll help you to the car they get home and Tamara falls asleep in her bed
T-so how did it go
L-not as planned she got annoyed because the doctor said she still needs her weekly check ups and she has to take one tablet a day to keep cancer away
T-poor tam she was looking forward to all of this being over
L-yea but hopefully if things go well by this time next year it'll all be done
T-another year
L-yea and that's if the cancer doesn't come back
T-I'm gonna go to the store get more of tams favourite stuff and a big teddy for her
L-okay oh can you umm grab me some more plasters for my med kit it's just for emergency's but I like to keep it stocked
T-you got it you need some bandages and wipes for it as-well
L-yes please
T-no problem Tim got the stuff and the next morning they set it up Tamara came out in her pyjamas she took a tablet before sitting in between Tim and Lucy
T-here tam I got you ice cream
Ta-thanks dad this is my fa-
T-favourite yea I know that's why I got it
Ta-I love you guys
L-we love you too tam
They eat the snacks and watch a film together Tamara falls asleep after the second film she was resting on Lucy
T-she's so cute when she's asleep
L-yea she is so tired tho I'm just glad she won't get like this again
T-yea me too
They keep chatting and then Tamara wakes up
a week passes and they got back from the appointment
T-how did it go sorry I was caught at work
L-doctor said it's working but we still need to wait and that she can't anywhere near sick people not even somebody with a cold
T-okay we can do that
11months passed Tamara was going to the station with Lucy when they got there they didn't know Nyla was sick until she started to tough and sneeze Nyla went home and they thought everything was good until Tamara was sat with Angela whilst Lucy was at the toilet Tamara fell asleep so Angela adjusted her Tamara woke up
A-Tamara your boiling hot
Ta-huh?
L-what's going on
A-Tamara burning up Luce
L-alright you know the drill we got to get you checked out and kept the night for observation
Ta-okay they arrive at the hospital and Tamara was checked out
D-okay so I do need to start Tamara on a few medicines we believe that if this fever doesn't go away by tomorrow morning her cancer may come back
Ta-no I don't want it to come back
D-I know but if it does we will need to do a round of chemo tomorrow
Ta-okay the next morning
D-okay it's still not gone I'm just gonna do a few more tests but we may need to do another round of chemo
The doctor did the tests
D-yea okay so the cancer is back but if we get you started on chemo now it should go away soon
Ta-okay thanks
Tamara got connected up to the chemo the next day she was discharged a week later she slept for two days straight then she was back to normal except she wasn't she hated the fact she had to take pills to be cancer free and even then it had come back she was very sad and hardly spoke or ate.
