Monday 1 March - Sunday 14 March 2010

Drew has had a good two weeks. We have been back to the Hospital twice for bloods and to see Dr Frank. All is good, Drew's MRD (Minimal Residual Disease), which is what they test when they take out his bone marrow is negative, for Leukaemic cells, so that was great news. We tried his 'dicky' right arm when we went for blood last time, it slowly gave blood but there was a big clot in it which meant we couldn't use that blood, so we've given up on that up for good. Drew got a bit upset, but within 15 seconds he put his other arm out and it was all over in another 20 seconds - he has come so far in the last 3 months. If I had a video of Sydney trying to get blood from him and now, you wouldn't think it is the same child, he has a huge amount of mental toughness. School has been good, and Drew is coping well. He has come early twice, once I'm sure he wasn't feeling 100%, but the next time a couple of days later I'm not so sure. He made the school cricket team which he was thrilled about. Last weekend was supposed to be his first game of football (soccer) since he was diagnosed, unfortunately on Friday afternoon the skies opened up and the game was cancelled, Drew was devastated. He didn't talk to anyone for 3 hours and refused to eat breakfast. This week however, the weather was great and the game was on. It was quite emotional to see him out there and think about the last 16 months. His team mates and their parents were all happy to have him back.