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0:00:29 > 0:00:33- It's a new morning in the - children's ward in Ysbyty Gwynedd.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36- It's bedtime for the nightshift.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45- Minffordd Ward's first visitors - are Alaw Haf Griffiths...
0:00:45 > 0:00:50- ..and her little sisters, - Eli Medi, Lili Wen and Moli Megan.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- They're in a hurry - to see Nurse Eleri.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58- This is Alaw.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- She's almost finished - the leukaemia course.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- For how long have you been - coming here? Too long, isn't it?
0:01:07 > 0:01:12- She was diagnosed in 2013 - with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- She's receiving treatment - in Alder Hey for the cancer.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- We've almost finished.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26- I don't know what I'll do, without - you coming here for sandwiches!
0:01:26 > 0:01:31- She always wants a ham sandwich and - orange juice before going to school.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32- It's a routine.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- I'm sure you have a party - on your way to school.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- She had the central line - removed last April.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- She has a fortnightly blood test.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- It's much nicer for her.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- Right, missus.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Are the little hands warm enough?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- They're not warm! Oh, no!
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- It's hard to draw blood - from a cold finger.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- Can you get those fingers - nice and warm for me?
0:02:08 > 0:02:12- Not everyone walks - into the children's ward.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- Carwyn Foster from Porthmadog - came in a wheelchair.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- I was playing rugby in the park.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- I tried to tackle Osian.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- I slipped and fell on my arm.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- I got up and tried to carry on.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- But my arm was crooked.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- I shouted at my uncle, - and he phoned Dad.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- Dad came to get me.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- He'd been playing rugby. There - was more mud on him than the field.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- He was crying, - from shock more than anything.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52- I could tell straightaway - that he'd broken his arm.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- We came straight to Bangor.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Carwyn fell playing rugby.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- He has injured his wrist.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- You can see here...
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- ..that the two wrist bones - are broken.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- The largest bone is out of place.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- The two ends don't meet.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- Left untreated, - they wouldn't fuse together.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- The lower one is alright.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- It's in the right place, - but it is broken.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29- We need to pull these apart - and get them realigned.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- You can see in these X-rays...
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- ..how the long bone...
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- ..has gone behind the piece - that has broken away.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- He'll go to Theatre.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47- They'll separate these two - and bring them back together.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- A metal pin will hold them in place.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- He'll have another X-ray - in a few weeks.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59- If it shows signs of fusing, - they'll remove the pin.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- It'll repair itself then.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Off we go.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- I'm trying to warm Alaw's thumbs.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- The next step - is calculating the chemo dosage.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- We have to be in Liverpool - by eight Friday morning.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- She's having her final - bone marrow biopsy.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- Then we'll wait for the result.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- It's important that Mam knows...
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- ..that we're here for a year - after Alaw finishes her treatment.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- If there's a problem, - she can give us a tinkle.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47- People have said it'll be strange - for us now everything has finished.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- We need to get back to normality.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- It'll be hard not coming - to see Eleri.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- We call her our family rock.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- Whenever I'm worried...
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- ..I phone Eleri.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- I phone Eleri before Alder Hey.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- I'm so happy she made it this far.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- It's gone so fast.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- They thought she'd have - to come off chemotherapy...
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- ..because she lost so much weight.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- She had a NG tube for a while.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- She couldn't keep her feed down.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Her weight dropped - to 14.8 kilograms.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- That's less than Lili, - who is two and a half.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- We've had to get on with it.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- There's nothing I can do.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- Crying all day and night - won't help matters.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- We've been strong, - Alaw has been strong.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03- You've gone to school - after every chemotherapy session.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- I took her back to school. - I try not to mollycoddle her.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- I'm 13 today, and I'm in hospital!
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- I can't play football or rugby...
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- ..for nine or ten weeks.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- Carwyn puts his name down - for all the sports.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- I don't know what he'll do - for the next ten weeks.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Sit down and rest.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- There's no time to rest.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- The trolley is coming - to take Carwyn to Theatre.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- How old are you today?
0:06:50 > 0:06:51- How old are you today?- - Thirteen.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- And you're stuck in here?!
0:06:54 > 0:06:55- What happened?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- What happened?- - I was playing rugby.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- Over the weekend?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- No. I went to Blackpool.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- One young man leaves...
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- ..and an even younger man arrives.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- This is Deion Sion Wyn Hughes, - in his mother's arms.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- He's come all the way - from Caergeiliog.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35- Last night, - he screamed in his sleep.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- He wasn't breathing properly.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- You can hear him now.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- It sounds like a bark.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- We decided to bring him in.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- They checked him for around an hour.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- He was sent home last night.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- He was much worse this morning.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- We've brought him in again.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05- Hello.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- DOCTOR WHISPERS TO BABY
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- And now I'll listen to your heart.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18- There we go.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- Can you open your mouth?
0:08:32 > 0:08:37- Doctor James Hunter has a special - technique for distracting babies.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- He's only a little bit croupy.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- Croup is a little bit - of swelling and inflammation...
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- ..at the top of the windpipe.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- With what we're seeing so far...
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- ..I wouldn't have thought - he'll need antibiotics.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- INAUDIBLE
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- Good morning. Is there - a ham sandwich in the fridge?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- I don't know. Have a look.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Alaw has had her blood test.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Now for a snack before school.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Yes!
0:09:23 > 0:09:28- This is Alaw when she was on - a high dose of methotrexate.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- It's December 2013.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- She lost all her hair.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- She had mucositis.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43- Chemotherapy burnt her mouth, - gullet and down to her stomach.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- She had mouth ulcers.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- She couldn't eat anything.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- She couldn't even drink water.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- She had a nasogastric tube.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- That failed, too. - She couldn't keep anything down.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- But it's a different story now.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- We'll be back to see you.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- I'm not ready to leave you.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- I'm not ready to leave you.- - I don't want you to leave me!
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- We want to keep coming - to see Eleri, don't we, Alaw?
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- We'll come back to see her, - after going to Liverpool on Friday.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- We'll phone her.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Thanks, Eleri.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Thanks for everything.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- Come on, then. Say ta-ta to Eleri.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41- Say ta-ta.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42- Say ta-ta.- - Ta-ta!
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Ta-ta, sugar!
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- When they finish treatment, - it's quite emotional.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- I've been with them for so long. - Sorry.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- I hope everything goes well for her.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- She deserves it.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Thanks, ta-ta!
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0:11:36 > 0:11:41- It's mid-afternoon in the - children's ward at Ysbyty Gwynedd.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- It's time for a drink.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- Carwyn's arm has been mended.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56- But it will be six weeks before - he can lift a drink cup with it...
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- ..or a rugby cup.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- He has been worried.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- The worst is over now, hopefully.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- I'll talk to the doctor - to see how it went.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- I think that's the next process.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- This is Tomi Brown, or Gavroche, - as he was yesterday.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- Yesterday, I was doing Les Mis...
0:12:30 > 0:12:31- ..in Cardiff.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- I'm in that production.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- I've just arrived home from Cardiff.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- I was waiting to come to hospital...
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- ..about something on my vocal cords.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- I'll have a camera down my throat - to check the vocal cords.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- I lose my voice a lot.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05- Deion has regained his energy. - The cough had disappeared.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- He had steroids to get rid - of the swelling in his throat.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- Usually, he only needs one course.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16- DEION MAKES NOISE
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- He's better now.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- He looks more himself, anyway.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25- Say ta-ta.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- Will you?
0:13:28 > 0:13:29- You don't want to!
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- Thanks! Ta-ra.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- He was ill, but now he's healthy.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Little Deion is having - a lift home now.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- Doctor Elsayed from the - Ear, Nose And Throat Department...
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- ..has come to explain - to Tomi what he's going to do.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- We're going to examine him - under general anaesthesia.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- Then we'll take some photos for - documentation, for his records.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11- If there is anything suspicious, - we'll take biopsies from his larynx.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12- OK. Many thanks.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13- You have any more questions for me?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- You have any more questions for me?- - No, I can't think of anything.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17- OK. Good.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- Do you speak Welsh?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20- Do you speak Welsh?- - I do.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21- IN WELSH
0:14:21 > 0:14:22- I'm learning Welsh.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23- I'm learning Welsh.- - Good!
0:14:23 > 0:14:24- I'll see you again.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- I'll see you again.- - Thank you very much.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27- Bye.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28- Bye.- - Ta-ra for now.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29- Bye.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- This young girl is Teleri Carnall.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- She has come to Ysbyty Gwynedd - to look for Cyw.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- I think she's found Cyw.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- Teleri is here because - she has a hole in a tooth.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- Teleri has Rett Syndrome...
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- ..and learning difficulties.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- She doesn't understand - how to open her mouth properly...
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- ..to brush her teeth and so on.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- There's a small hole - in a back tooth.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- The only way, and the easiest way, - is to come to hospital.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- She sleeps and they'll give - her the treatment.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- It's time for Tomi - to go to Theatre.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- He won't be Gavroche this time...
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- ..but Jean Valjean, - the leading character.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39- He has a lot to do to beat - Nurse Rachel's theatrical talents.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45- This is Wil Hughes.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Well, well, said Wil to the wall.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- We're going to Theatre soon...
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- ..to see what Wil has up his nose.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- We think there's something there. - He's had an infection for months.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- They're going to have a look.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- They might look at his adenoids too, - and remove them.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11- We'll see, won't we?
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Do you remember putting - anything up your nose?
0:16:15 > 0:16:16- No.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- Are you sure there's - no tractor there? Or peas?
0:16:20 > 0:16:21- No?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- He says he doesn't remember.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- After the half hour performance, - Tomi is back, and very tired.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34- OK?
0:16:34 > 0:16:35- Thanks.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43- TALKS QUIETLY
0:16:46 > 0:16:47- He feels dizzy.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- It's quite normal.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- It's Teleri's turn now.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- But Teleri is already - in the Land Of Nod.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Put her back on the bed.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- She's quite heavy.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- I'm pleased we came - to hospital for the treatment.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- It's easier for everyone.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19- I'm glad she was sedated - to have the cannula.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- That helps too.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- She's out for the count.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- Theatre 11 is for the dentists.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- The only things removed - here are teeth.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- MACHINE BLEEPS
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Tomi looks at photos of his throat.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- I'm not sure. - They haven't said anything yet.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24- We're waiting to hear - the results from the doctor.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- I'm staying for supper tonight.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- Then they say if I'm alright to go.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35- I can go home and rest. I don't - think there will be school tomorrow.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- I have examined his larynx - under general anaesthesia.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- We didn't find anything serious...
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- ..like polyps or tumours.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- The only finding was very - little oedema of the vocal cords.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- If he's still using - his voice professionally...
0:18:54 > 0:18:59- ..speak with the people managing him - about microphone sensitivity.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- His voice should be used - with a normal range.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04- OK. Many thanks.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- So I think he can change - and go home.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- How do you call good evening?
0:19:13 > 0:19:14- IN WELSH- - Noswaith dda.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- Noswaith dda! Noswaith dda.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Good evening to you too.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Enjoy your stay at home.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22- Thanks.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23- OK.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- I'll see you in six...
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- ..weeks!
0:19:29 > 0:19:30- IN WELSH- - Chwech wythnos.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Six weeks! OK!
0:19:32 > 0:19:33- Thank you very much.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35- Thanks.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36- Thanks.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37- Goodbye.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- So be careful, Tomi Brown.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Whisper for three days!
0:19:54 > 0:19:55- Dad will lift you, Wil.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- Wil is back.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- There was no pea - or tractor up his nose.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- But the doctors - found his adenoids...
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- ..and took them out while he slept.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12- Up you come.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14- CRIES
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- Teleri is back too, - with one tooth missing.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- The person who took - the tooth out, Dr Jenkins...
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- ..has called to see if all is well.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- Give your tooth to the fairies, OK?
0:20:41 > 0:20:42- Alright.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45- Ta-ta.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47- Thanks.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48- Thanks.- - It's OK.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- They took the small - things out of my nose.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56- Yes.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- Yes. After I go home, - I'm going to have a crane.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09- I'm having a crane - and something else from Dad.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11- A crane from Mam.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- Gifts!
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- You see, children, - going to hospital isn't all bad.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- No.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36- It's been a long day, - but the treatment went well.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- She's had her tooth extracted.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- We'll put it - under the pillow tonight.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- All the staff were good with her.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- Teleri was a very good girl.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Everything went well.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54- We're going home to Rhosneigr now, - to bed, aren't we, Teleri?
0:21:54 > 0:21:55- Thanks. Ta-ra.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- Another day ends on the children's - ward in Ysbyty Gwynedd.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- One goes home holding a tooth, - to wait for the tooth fairy to call.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- Going to bed! Ta-ta!
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- Since finishing "chemo"...
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- ..Alaw has been well - and her hair is still growing!
0:22:22 > 0:22:27- Carwyn is out of the cast - but - hasn't started playing rugby... yet!
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- Teleri had 2 from the tooth fairy - - and spent it on sweets.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40- Wil hasn't had problems with colds - since having his adenoids removed.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- Tomi is having therapy...
0:22:42 > 0:22:47- ..to relearn how to use his voice - in time for the Urdd Eisteddfod.
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