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March 9th, 2008 - Home sweet home
Yes, Cameron is home!
Owen stayed with Gran yesterday morning and I dropped Carlton with a friend for the morning while I did the round trip to Brisbane. Cameron was in pretty good spirits when I arrived, but was still suffering a little nausea when discharged from the hospital. On the way out we visited the ward where his friend ‘M’ is and who now has a nasal feeding tube fitted as he is refusing to eat and although he is not much younger than Cameron, he is half his body Weight. Leigh went up to intensive care to check in on ‘A’, who was brought out of an induced coma that morning following the surgery on her nose and cheek and who is doing well considering what she is still going through – while I wheeled Cameron over to the lodge to collect our things. Read the rest of this entry »
March 7th, 2008 - Great news! (and new Video)
The good news is Cameron is bouncing right back after this second round of chemotherapy. He is, in his own words, err… “fineâ€. He had his last chemo dose of the week today. Next Wednesday he will have another and that will mark the end of this cycle. Cameron did experience a little nausea today but he has managed to keep down the little food he has eaten today. However, the really, really, really fabulous news is that the plan right now is for our incredibly brave little man to be discharged from the ward and come home tomorrow! Read the rest of this entry »
March 6th, 2008 - The pain and pride
Sorry to have left the last update hanging… I really need to work out how to file these updates using my mobile phone. Anyway, Cameron was not at all well last night and has been admitted once again. Seems this second cycle of chemo is hitting him much harder than the first. He’s being given various medications to counteract the nausea and to pre-empt the onset of any infection that may be attempting to gain traction in his system, which is generally indicated by any abnormal temperature readings. His temperature appears to keep dropping. When I arrived he looked and felt dreadful. When Leigh asked if I had eaten supper he immediately groaned from his half sleep “Don’t say the ‘F’ word!†which is of course ‘Food’. Read the rest of this entry »
March 5th, 2008 - Chemo cycle #2 commences
We were all finally allowed to visit yesterday and so Carlton and Owen and I spent the night with Cameron and Leigh last night. It was good to be reunited as a family. Cameron was in very good spirits and his remaining #1 style hair is disappearing fast. He is eating well and has even gained a couple of kilos in the past week. Must have been all that chocolate! Cameron and I stayed up to watch Australia go down to India in the cricket, which was rather disappointing. Yes, we are firm Aussie supporters nowadays… that is unless Australia is playing England, or South Africa in which case all of our individual allegiances are all tested and subject to change depending on who’s winning! 
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