fadeIn nested span tag

Question

Hello,

My problem is the folowing:

The string I give back with the ajaxcall and subsequently let it fadein is not fading in completely. The inner span tag with class="message" get's dropped at once. and the first is doing what it is supposed to. I need the inner spantag to ajust the position next to the image

so for clarity:

The string fades in normally without the (span class="message") and with it, it's not.

I can also narrow the problem, I think. It's got to do with ajusting the position with css.

I was wondering if this is normal behaviour and if I can avoid it in a nicely manor??

//php
    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($res)){
           $result .= "<li><strong>".$row[user]."</strong><img class=\"img_listitem\" 
           src=\"images/expand_icon_gl.gif\" /><span class=\"message\">".$row[message]." 
           <span class=\"date\">".$row['date']."</span></span></li>";
          }
          echo $result;
//jquery
messagelist.html(data.responseText);
messagelist.fadeIn(2000);

thanks, Richard