Ciara had a checkup with her Oncology consultant today.  All is well.

When Ciara spent 2007 in hospital, she discovered ITV’s ‘Primeval’.  Being big into dinosaurs it proved a great hit.  Today Ciara was up a Crumlin for a dermatology appointment and Finn and I took a trip up to Phoenix Park to stretch our legs.  There was a film shoot going on and being ever nosey and on the hunt for a Project 365 photo, I went to investigate.  I asked someone from Wardrobe  - who was at the time grating an army jacket with a cheese grater – what the shoot was for, and sure enough, it turned out to be Primeval.

I tracked down someone who looked like some form of decision maker, i.e, had a walkie-talkie and a clipboard, and asked if it was OK for my daughter to meet any of the cast.  Apparently Hannah Spearritt, who plays Abby in the show was driving around in a motor home being attacked by a monster and if we came back at lunch we’d be able to say Hi.   So after a trip to the Zoo, Ciara met her hero, and lovely she was too.

The first time I was really aware of Daffodil Day in Ireland was a number of days after finding out my daughter had cancer. I bought my first daffodil from the very depressing shopping centre on Crumlin Road, shortly before having to change a tyre in the rain, then get back to the hospital where Ciara was going to have her main line catheter fitted for the Chemo. Not a good day. Three years later…she’s as fit as a fiddle.