Evie has gone for another treatment and medical procedure today. Friends of ours accompanied her, as we are having our weekend in the city. It occurred to me, this is the first time since she was diagnosed with cancer, that Evie has gone to hospital without a family member present. I felt reluctant to let her go, and I am concerned about things going well today. Our friends are lovely people and I am certain she will do well with them, only I can't seem to help worrying. Evie is an adult as Jim says above, and at some point we need to stop being so overprotective. It may be good for her to be at the doctor's without us for once, perhaps an important step for her, in her independence. At least I am trying to tell myself that.