The final countdown?

Our luck on the MRI roulette may have run out.

The neurosurgeon rang us at home with the results of yesterday's scan - never a good sign if someone so senior rings you. It shows a new anomaly in a different part of the boy's brain. They aren't yet saying that it's another tumour but they have cancelled this week's operation. He will have another scan later this week.

We can only hope the new scan shows it's an enlarged blood vessel. If not, it probably means the beginning of the end. But for now, we are just in shock and keeping our fingers crossed. All these prayers to various deities may not have worked.