June 19th, 2008 - Joy is a net of love…
Since the last update Cam has enjoyed relative normality. He completed his injections on Saturday which was yet another celebration and his treatment, if you can call it that, is down to mouth-care once a day now – from a high of four times, then twice a day and now just once! This all feels so easy for him now with only mouth-care and a preventative antibiotic that helps to shield him from a type of pneumonia he is at risk of developing - which he has to remain on for 3 months.
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His hair is growing by the day and his eyelashes are growing again. The swelling of his face and around his middle is also all reducing quite quickly too, so he is starting to feel more comfortable with himself and less self-conscious, which is great. He is pretty exhausted by the end of each day as he is determined to do everything again, right away of course, but his stamina is building at a slower pace than his desire to get stuck into every activity that comes along. After his routine blood tests today he begged me to go back to school even though he seemed rather tired to me.Â
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Other than school, he has been visiting some friends, enjoying being back at Kids Church, going to our life group and being a family again. He loved having the family up here for Clayton’s recent christening, which was a great weekend for the Australian division of the family to be together and for Cam to be home and doing so well. We all enjoyed the time together.
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Thank you to everyone who has supported, loved, prayed for and with us, cheered Cam and the rest of us on and just been there for all of us during this incredible journey and who continue to stand firm with us. We feel so blessed to have you all in our lives close by and around the world.Â
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This weekend is full of school sport and Bill and I have been blessed with an evening out, which was given to us by a local charity called Childhood Cancer Support (CCS) under their program called Clear Day, which provides time out opportunities for carers of children with cancer. We have been given a night in a hotel and looking forward to spending some quality time together while Mom is still here and able to babysit the kids.Â
Next week the school holidays begin and we are back and forth to Brisbane a number of times for Cameron’s barrage of tests and of course we look forward to visiting our dear friends down there who have come to mean so much to us.Â
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. – Mother Teresa
June 20th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Hi Cam
We are so happy and grateful that things are slowly going back to normal for you again, but Cam see the word slowly take it easy my boy dont get to tired out. Ask your Mom or Dad to post a new foto of you. Keep up the good spirits and chill a little too. Give your brothers and mom and dad and gran a big hug. God bless and sweet dreams
love as always Dee Martin Manuella and Kenneth xxxx
June 20th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Hi Cam,
It truly is pleasing for all of us in SA to hear that you are slowly but surely getting back to norm. I have looked forward to this news and hope we can chat again soon. Take care and don’t do too much at once. Everything takes time to heal properly and I know with time you will be back amoungst the waves sooner than you think. Much love, with big hug and kisses from all the family and friends in SA. Grandad Bill XXX Cape Town South Africa
June 27th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Hi Cam, weee haaa, great news, you guys must be feeling wonderful. Thinking of you whilst you get you results, which should be today your time and ours tonight. I should be in bed, but wanted to catch up on your news, so hope this makes sense. Feel very out of touch with everyone, been a busy time. Jade has been on summer break for almost two weeks now. Will call in the next few days. Love to you and the family. Bye for now, shaz, ken, jade and joel xxxx