Archive for April, 2008
April 27th, 2008 - More of the same
Cam was so happy to be home for Owen’s 6th birthday on Saturday. Owen had decided he just wanted to spend his day with his family and it was a real joy to be able to do this as only a few weeks ago we did not know where we would be. It just so happened that our friends, the Darley family from Western Australia were visiting, so we had a lovely weekend. It was also the first weekend that Bill hadn’t worked for some time as he has been struggling to recover from the devastating impact that the past few months have had on his productivity and schedule, so all in all it was a very special and lovely weekend.   Read the rest of this entry »
April 18th, 2008 - Final chemo!
Cameron and I are back on the Sunny Coast again after driving down to Brisbane last Sunday evening in preparation for the start of what Cameron’s oncologist has confirmed, will be his last cycle of chemotherapy, which we are all thrilled about. Unfortunately he is not at the end of this stage of the journey, but there is no question that all of our prayers have been answered as we were told in early February that Cameron would undergo 6-8 cycles of chemotherapy, followed by radiation. This is only number 4 and then on to radiation. Of course he is absolutely delighted. So much so, that he has been telling everybody and anybody that he has spoken to. Even at the end of one day when he felt so nauseous, rather grey and tired he still managed to say it a few times. Read the rest of this entry »
April 13th, 2008 - A week of relative bliss (new pics in gallery today)
The last five days have been as close to normal as we have come since Cameron was diagnosed with Cancer. It seems hard to believe that later today we will once again be returning to Brisbane for his next round of chemotherapy scheduled to start tomorrow. This past week was Queensland school holidays and we have been making regular visits to the beach for short walks, which Cameron has really come to appreciate. A nice turn-around from a few weeks back when he really didn’t want to go near the beach for fear of the torment of not being able to swim. Now he starts most days asking when we are going. Read the rest of this entry »
April 7th, 2008 - Great news: semi-normality… little to report
What a great day it was on Saturday to see Cam throwing a frisbee at the beach and just looking so happy and feeling like he had reclaimed a small part of his old life. No one there could have guessed he had cancer and the joy in my heart as I watched him was indescribable and thoughts of his friends still in the hospital in Brisbane reminded me how blessed Cameron and we as a family are today. Read the rest of this entry »
April 4th, 2008 - Another round of chemo rolls by
Another Cycle of Chemo over – how wonderful! Our boy began his day as positive as ever – as he opened the front door to leave home he declared to his Gran, “Oh it is a beautiful day for Chemo, better than a hot sticky classroom. Oh, our classrooms are air-conditioned, but it is a good day for Chemo!” We drove to Brisbane and enjoyed the journey together before spending the day in out-patients and it was a very long day to say the least. Read the rest of this entry »
