Nicole Biddulph's Web Site

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Welcome to Nicole's Web Site. It has been created to keep you updated about Nicole's progress. Nicole was diagnosed with a Spinal Fibro Sarcoma Tumour in Sept 2003. It has left her paralysed.

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Our proudest moment - Nicole on the front cover of the Cancer Research UK Christmas Catalogue 2006!

Journal

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Hi all!

For those of you that have been following Nicole’s story from the start, you may have realised that it is 5 years this week, that things changed forever in the Biddulph family household. Nicole was diagnosed with Cancer, and paralysed for life, in the third week of September 2003. In some ways it is a milestone, because Cancer Research’s survival rates are based on 5 years from diagnosis, and thankfully over 70f children now make it this far. Whilst it does not give us any guarantees for the future, I don’t think any of us thought we would get this far, so we are thankful for that.

Nicole had an MRI scan 2 weeks ago in Exeter, and the results have been sent to Bristol for analysis. We haven’t heard anything yet, so we will take “no news as good news!” She will not be seeing her spinal surgeon in Frenchay again until next year.

The summer was fun and very busy despite the awful weather! Sara and I managed to take a short 4 night cruise break to Cork in Ireland on the Independence of the Seas in May. It was to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, and was Sara’s first real break from the girls in 9 years. Thank you to Nanny Rose, Auntie Tracy, Grandma and Auntie Andrea for rallying around, and taking good care of the girls!

In June we all went to Benidorm. It was a nice break, and the girls made some good friends at the kids club. The weather was fantastic, but probably too hot for Nicole, who spent much of the time inside making the most of the air conditioning! We did, however, enjoy trips to Mundomar, Aqualandia, and Benidorm Palace. In July we went back to Haven at Sandy Bay in Exmouth courtesy of Dream-A-Way, and had another good week, despite the British summer trying to put a dampener on things!

Race for Life back in May was a great success again, and Team Coley raised around £3,000, with the help of matched funding from Barclays. I am now working back in Torquay again, which is a relief after all of the travelling I was doing, and means I can help Sara out occasionally when she is stuck for the school run etc.

Now for the exciting news.........!

Nicole and Lauren will be making their TV debut next month. Earlier this year, we were contacted by Whizz Kids, to see if Nicole would be interested in auditioning for a new show called Lazytown Extra, a spin off of Lazytown. After an audition in Taunton earlier in the summer, they liked the girls, and we went up to The Garden Of Wales in Carmarthen, for the filming in August. They were allowed to take a friend each, Nicole chose Natasha from her class, who you can see in the picture on the previous journal, and Lauren chose Teoni from her class, who just happens to be Natasha’s younger sister! The filming went really well, and you can all see the show on Tuesday 7th October at 4pm on CBeebies. CBeebies is on freeview Channel 71, Sky Digital 614, or if you miss it or live abroad, catch it online on BBC iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?uri=/iplayer/tv/cbeebies&go=toolbar&q=lazytown The girls episode is called "Outdoor Games." Lauren is in the pink t-shirt, Nicole & Natasha are in Red, and Teoni is the small one in yellow!

Also next week, we are entertaining royalty…….!

Nicole has recently joined the Disabled Sailing Association (DSA), and they have a new boat which is being named and launched by Princess Anne, and Nicole & Lauren have been asked to present HRH with a flower posy, after the naming ceremony! The Patron of the DSA is Gemma Woodman, a newsreader from ITV Westcountry, so it is likely that the event will be televised!! We are not sure, but the launch is on Thursday 2nd October at 3pm, so if you are lucky enough to live in the West of England, look out for the ITV Westcountry news at 6pm on Thursday 2nd or Friday 3rd October. If you are checking in on us from further afield, you should be able to catch the coverage at http://www.itvlocal.com/westcountry/news/ and click on Latest News Bulletins on the right.

That’s about it for now. Thanks for stopping by, speak to you all again soon!

Allan, Sara, Nicole & Lauren xxxx

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