One month to go!

It's all getting very exciting!

My operation is next month and we've booked flights and hotel rooms so it's all become very real. It's really started to sink in that I'm going to have major surgery in just over 30 days and I'm starting to feel very scared about it. I know that it's going to go well - Dr Trobisch is an amazing surgeon and the surgery has an extremely high success rate but I can help but feel nervous for what awaits.

In the meantime, I've had a very fun week - it was my prom! It was so much fun getting all dressed up and ready for it. I woke up early because I was too excited to sleep and immediately did everything that I could to prepare. My hair appointment wasn't for a while so there was a lot of sitting around in anticipation, but eventually I went down to Beau Belles in Sawbridgeworth, where they did the most beautiful hairstyle. I then rushed home, did my makeup, put on my dress and hurried down to my friend's house where we all met up and had group photos taken. None of us could keep a straight face for long, but we still managed to get some lovely pictures. We then drove up Hylands House in Chelmsford for prom. It was a brilliant experience. Everyone looked and felt like royalty and it was so much fun dancing and singing to the music. It went on for 5 hours and then eventually we had to leave. Me and my friends went back to the house where we had our own little afterparty. It was great fun and we didn't get much sleep! Overall it was a fanstastic experience and I loved every second of it.

There has been a lot of news for my fundraising as well. I've had some very generous donations and gifts sent to me. Persimmon homes has given us £1000 to help us reach our goal, and on the 30th of June, Jono and Wendy Fordham organised a quiz night in Little Hadham, raising £630! It's been so kind of people to be so active in helping us to achieve our goal, and I can't believe how much money we've managed to raise in such a short amount of time.

The highlight of my week has to have been when I recieved a lovely little package in the post. Louise Roach had sent me a collection of poems, stories and drawings made by her son and his friends to make me feel happy. It's so simple yet so lovely and the amount of time and effort they must have put into it is astonishing. It made me smile reading through it all. Thank you so much for that.