Christie in Christie's

We are into day two of Quent's treatment. He is sleeping off the rigor after his third dose. So far so good - aside all the usual nasty side effects, such as vomiting, back ache, rigors, swelling, itching etc.

The Prof showed us the scan results yesterday and it's amazing to see the reduction in spot size from July to January. They are now pretty small and the Prof is confident that it's a question of when, rather than if, they disappear altogether. It's such great - and amazingly rare - news, it seems almost unreal. I plan to drink huge amounts of champagne as soon as possible.

It has been lovely to see all the staff on the ward again. They are so welcoming and seem genuinely delighted with Quent's scan results. We have one of the larger rooms, with a huge bathroom. Quent seemed very chuffed. Then he discovered my day-nap reclining chair wouldn't recline, so he had it upside down trying to fix it (until he got caught). Next we discovered the DVD was broken, so he was up on a chair poking about, drip akimbo.

The staff have now sorted both out (nothing is too much trouble) and we watched "Don't Look Back" this afternoon. It's a good film, although Quent couldn't understand why Donald Sutherland was wearing a welding mask to do some drilling.

Talking of which, I had better go and check he isn't helping install the new flat screen TVs the ward has acquired.