Day One

Well today was a bit odd. We spent the morning at the hospital sorting out Mike's first dose. Most of the time was spent sitting around and then of course everything happens at once. The nurse put in a little catheter thing to inject the drug into. I suspect it will not be the best solution as the drug stings as it goes in , so 3 a day into the same site may not be the best. Anyway I have yet to give Mike his night dose, that in half an hour.

Meanwhile,I was supposed to be hosting a pot luck lunch for NTC. Mum was playing golf of course so was only free for half an hour. So Tammi kindly agreed to host it for me here. It was too complicated to get in touch with everyone last night. I think everything went well. Mum came over for a bit and as far as I know everything was fine. Certainly the ladies were in good form when Mike and I got back. They were just finishing clearing up and have lest enough puddings to make me seriously fat!

So lets see what tonight brings.

Where do I begin?

Blogging , I always thought was something for teenagers, but you don't know what you are missing until you try, so here goes!

Five years ago we were an ordinary family living an ordinary life with its usual ups and downs, then our youngest son Michael was diagnosed with a Medulloblastoma, a brain tumour. In one day, Nov 8Th 2002, everything changed. Now I would give everything we have to get that 'boring' ordinary life back. But that will not happen so this is our evolveshun ( Michael could not say evolution ) as a family living with cancer.

We are Phil, Debra, Stephen and Michael. Stephen is a fantastic 13 year old, a brown belt in Karate, a mean golfer and addicted to his Xbox. Michael is 10, looking forward to High School. He has a wicked sense of humour, loves his teddy Liverpool, plays Yu Gi Oh and has just discovered the Simpson's! Phil works hard and is Michael's favourite toy! I am the stay at home mom.

Tomorrow we start Michael's last chance therapy. His cancer has relapsed for the second time. We are trying a drug not normally used for this particular cancer, but it has shown some promise in a few trials. To be honest we have nothing to lose, so here is hoping for a miracle.