Getting out, going home

The test results are finally back--Simon's brain tumor will keep growing, albeit at a slow pace. The prognosis is grim: with side-effect-laden chemotherapy treatment, his chances of living to 10 years old are still less than half. The tumor's central location against the most important parts of the brain make it inoperable, so there is nothing left the Hong Kong neurosurgical team can do.We fly back to Beijing tomorrow where an ayi from his home unit in Henan will come to take him back for palliative care.