MAGIC MAY

Drew has had a really good time in May. He returned to school briefly and completed his NAPLAN tests, the last one on the day we flew out, and then went to Norway for 10 days. He was a very intrepid traveller, taking the long flights in his stride. We met Kristin, Damian and Damian's brother Chris and his Fiancee Narimon on our second day in Norway. We walked and walked and walked and Drew didn't complain once. We had a beautiful dinner at Kristin's Mum and Dad's and were introduced to some beautiful Norwegian cakes. We spent National Norwegian Day watching the parade and indulging in Hot dogs and ice cream - a Norwegian tradition. We travelled on the train and the famous Flam Railway - Drew loving trains, was in his element. We spent 3 days in Bergen, walking 1/2 way up the Floiboyen hill, because we missed the station at the bottom, despite the fact we were only about 10 metres away from it. It showed how far Drew has come and how fit he now is, 9 months after his transplant. The wedding was beautiful, Kristin and Damian both looked gorgeous and a lot of planning had gone into the day. Drew and I felt right at home and partied on until 2.00am in the morning. Our last day was spent having lunch with the Aussies at a farm in rural Norway, before flying out the next day. It was a fantastic trip and we both enjoyed all of it and every hot chocolate we had. We finished the month off with a visit to see Dr Frank and all was good.

AWESOME APRIL

Drew has had an awesome month. Finishing the school term with only 2 days off, due to medical appointments. Easter was spent at home and Drew is now on fortnightly visits to Dr Frank. He has finished on his immune suppressant drug and is only on 3 medications now. He does have a peculiar rash so we are off to a Dermatologist to see what that is about. In the school holidays we went gokarting (that was a scary look into their future driving skills) and went to Sydney and met the Sydney Swans (they were really nice guys) and saw How to Train your Dragon at the IMAX theatre. Back at school the cricket team made it through to the 3rd round before being defeated and Drew ran 3km in the school cross country and came in 16 out of 27 kids - Mum had a few tears in her eyes. The soccer season has kicked off and Drew is finding being in goals challenging when he gets chipped over his head, (he needs to grow a bit)- the rest of the family are just enjoying the fact he is back out there amongst it. Although I couldn't get medical insurance for Drew's leukaemia, as we have a medical agreement with Norway we have decided to go and will fly out on May 13 (lets hope thats not unlucky). Drew is very excited, hopefully that Icelandic volcano will behave itself and all will go well :o)