Drew's busy weekend

 

Sunday 17 January - Sunday 24 January 2010

No hospital this week, although we do go back tomorrow for bloods and on Wednesday to see Jodie. Drew had a good week and a very busy weekend, full of firsts. We went to see the Mariners for the first time this year on Friday night, and were lucky to have the comfort of an air conditioned corporate box, it was sooo hot. On Saturday night we took the boys to a Camp Quality event at the drive-in, the boys loved it and could finally get the concept of what a drive-in was. They thoroughly enjoyed pizza, ice cream, soft drink and chips and that was before the movie began. Today we went on a picnic, the boys played cricket and Drew had his first swim in the ocean in 12 months, even the dog came. The countdown for school is only 4 days away!

Sunday 10/01/10 - Saturday 16/01/10

It was so normal a week it was scary. Drew went up to John Hunter on Wednesday and had his blood taken, by Sandy again, without any drama. We still did breathing and he listened to his ipod and didn't look at the needle. He was so excited and proud of himself when it was done and I was relieved. We saw Dr Frank, who was back from holidays and he reduced Drew's steroids back to 5mg and we haven't had any problems so far. Frank asked Drew what he got for Christmas and Drew replied 'not prawns!' We don't go back to the hospital now for 12 days, our longest stint away in quite a while, at least 6 months - Drew was excited about that too. His learning assessment came back and he did very well, Drew has kept up with the kids in his year, although he is a bit apprehensive about returning to school, which is quickly approaching. It will be like sending him off to kindergarten all over again - hopefully I won't cry till I get home. Fingers crossed all stays well this week.

Sunday 3/01/10 - Saturday 9/01/10

Drew has enjoyed a bit of time at the cricket nets, cricket in the backyard, playing the play station this week. The hospital visit went pretty well on Wednesday, we'd been 'practising' all week and he was confident, but came unstuck just at the crucial moment. The blood collector was very good and told him she'd been doing this for 36 years, probably longer than Mummy had been alive (er not quite). She showed him the needles (which I wasn't sure was a good strategy at the time), but he pulled himself together and it was over and done with in 10 minutes. Drew was very relieved and proud of himself, and I was just glad it was over for another week. As Drew had been feeling a little sick in the mornings, the Doctors put his steroids back up to 7.5grams a day. All has been good since, so maybe he will be on them a bit longer than planned, which means he also has to wait for his prawns, much to his dismay. On Thursday one of Drew's good friends from kindergarten, Joseph came over to play, they always have a good time together. Friday night we went to the beach, Drew's first time since before his transplant, he just laid in the sand at first and splayed his arms and legs, before getting into 'World Cup Beach Soccer' with his brothers. All in all a good week, lets hope its topped off by the Mariners winning tomorrow night. Until next week :0).

Saturday, 2 January 2009

Drew piked out of going to the beach to go for a walk this morning - it was raining. The boys amused themselves today without any fighting. The cricket nets were thwarted by a downpour. Drew's appetite is very light, so hopefully his GVHD isn't going to rear its ugly head again, and hopefully I haven't jinxed us by typing that.

Friday, 1 January 2010 - HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year! Drew woke up at 6.00am, after going to bed at 12.45am, to go to the cricket nets - I told him to go back to sleep, which he did till about 8.00am. A lazy rainy day and the boys went down to the cricket nets in the afternoon for about 2 hours.