Thursday 3rd November 2011

Well since the last blog, Luke's liver function tests settled down so he has commenced taking a full dose of Methotrexate on Sunday 23rd October. Luke got very close to being neutropenic (at risk of easily picking up an infection) in the week after taking the Methotrexate. I think his system went into shock and was like, 'what are you doing to me?' because he hadn't had it for so long. He has bounced back this week but his liver function tests are high again. Not too bad, but enough to keep our eye on. He has been feeling a bit tired and lethargic however I think it's a combination of chemo and full time work/study.

We were really proud of Luke. He received a Dean's Excellence Award for Semester One at Uni for achieving a Grade point average of 6.5 or above. (I'm not quite sure how the grade points work - but it sounds good!) Hopefully he can keep the good marks going during this semester. He has exams starting in a few weeks so he'll probably have to take a few days off work to study.

It was Luke's 19th birthday on the 28th October. I met Luke and Murray in the city after they'd finished work (Amy ditched us to go to a concert with her cousin) and we went out to dinner and the movies. We went to see 'In Time' with Justin Timberlake. It was quite good. Then the family all come over for dinner on Saturday night.

Mum & Dad's house went on the market last week. They had 3 people come through for private viewings before an open for inspection on Saturday. There were 17 groups that went through the house. Apparently parking in the street was very busy and Gabby, their agent (and Riley friend), was very pleased with the turn out. Then on Monday, 2 interested parties who had already seen the house came back through for another look. On Tuesday they accepted an offer that they are really happy with.
So it only took a week to sell! A great outcome and hopefully all being well with the legal side of exchange of contracts and settlement they should be able to move into their villa mid December. So another busy month lies ahead as we start packing boxes and getting rid of more rubbish.