Thursday the 29th of October was MRI day. Thursday the 29th of October was also SASVI school photo day. We weren’t due in DOSA (Day Of Surgery Admission) until 11am so Alex went to school as usual, and once I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the past when Alex had a medical emergency he had a habit of having them on major holidays or days of significance to us. Apparently he is yet to break this habit, though his aim was a bit off […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a post I always hoped I’d never have to write, but you don’t always get what you want out of life. Two of the tumour sites in Alex’s brain have grown. I’ll pause for a second so you […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Adelaide, on the 24th of January, had the highest recorded temperature since their record keeping began. The highest temperature recorded was at Parafield Airport, where it reached 47.7 degrees Celsius. In Adelaide CBD it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve made jokes from time to time about how Alex seems to get sick on or around significant dates and anniversaries… Well Phil and I just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary Guess what happened. In his defence, this time it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I thought kids were supposed to be teenagers before they started giving their parents issues to which their parents could sigh, roll their eyes, and say ‘hormones’. I guess Alex is just getting an early start. On Saturday we gave […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two weeks after surgery Alex started back on the growth hormone (GH) injections at the reduced dose of .3 of a ml daily, since he seemed to be sensitive to GH the endocrine team decided that it would be better […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The next chapter in our medical adventures started on Thursday the 13th of September with an appointment for Jenny with nurse Kate of the endocrine department. I was to be taught how to administer an injection of growth hormone, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We make jokes from time to time about the different departments at the hospital, how one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing etc, but this Thursday was a rare example of the opposite happening. We had an ENT […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the main, like most parents I suspect, I find the looming prospect of school holidays somewhat daunting. Two long weeks with children who seem to have been given a challenge to see how much of a mess they can […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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