Old School

Sorry, I've been meaning to update this the last three days but I just haven't had chance. So much has happened, where do I start?


Well, England beat Sweden, Russia just got knocked out, and David Cameron squirmed through his questions in the Leveson Inquiry.


More importantly though, Caitlin went back to school! Wednesday was the first time Caitlin wore a school uniform since breaking up for Christmas in December 2011. Amazing when you think back to it all as it seems like such a long time ago. She wore a blonde and pink wig to school and the kids all wanted to play with her and be near her in class, everyone made her feel welcome, like she had never been away. We didn't know how long Caitlin would last as her energy levels are so up and down, but we rang the school mid-morning and she wanted to stay for lunch! We picked her up again at 1 as she still can't quite manage a full day, but everyone was so happy that she was back.


She had a long sleep that afternoon as she was exhausted! On the Thursday I got a phone call saying that Caitlin was complaining that her Hickman Line was hurting her. A visit to the hospital half an hour later and the doctor was checking her over and concluded that she was fine, she had a routine blood sample taken and we were on our merry way.


We received the phone call for her blood sample results later that afternoon and typically, they were low, Caitlin was Neutropenic and wouldn't be able to go back to school until her counts picked up again. Typical!


It brings us to now really, sitting here writing this with a beer, some heavy metal and the realisation that a blood transfusion is just around the corner.


I'll update when we know more.


xxx