Friday 29 July 2011

Okay.. I know I've been really slack with putting up a post.
At the start of this cycle Luke's liver function blood test results went up again. They tried him again on full doses of the chemo tablets however his system just doesn't cope with the full strength. I mentioned to the doctor that both my Dad and I have what's know as gilbert's syndrome. It's nothing major however it can affect your liver function tests and make you look jaundiced and quite fatigued at times. It seems to present itself in your 20's and 30's and affects the LFT as well as Bilirubin levels. This would explain why Luke's body isn't able to absorb the full strength of his chemo as his liver just doesn't cope with it. So he is back to a half dose of Mercaptopurine and I'd imagine this is how it will have to remain throughout the next few years. Having said that his liver didn't cope with the chemo, Luke was none the wiser and felt fine. I guess in the long run they have to adjust the levels so that it won't cause any permanent damage to his liver.

Luke is really enjoying his time at DAFF. He's become a bit of a computer guru for those that he works with and solves a few problems for them, especially with Visio projects. Unfortunately he went and caught a cold whilst at work as quite a few of them had been off sick the previous week. So he has been off sick Monday to Thursday this week. Not much he could do other than take cold and flu tablets and rest up. At least he didn't get a temperature and develop an infection. He's gone back to work today with a box of tissues in hand!!

Amy and I went up to Sydney during the school holidays and had a lovely few 'girly' days. We went to see the musical Hairspray. It was fantastic, really colourful and quite funny. The weather was fowl. It was raining sideways constantly and we had to walk in and out of shops with an umbrella up and dodge puddles. We also went around looking for formal dresses. She has fallen in love with one at David Jones - a Zimmerman brand that is going to cost a fortune. We are heading into Civic tonight to have one last look around before we get the Zimmerman one that she likes.

I've been busy painting and cleaning as we are changing most of our window dressings to update things a bit. We are replacing the verticals at the front of the house (lounge and master bedroom) however we are now having trouble deciding on what colour to get the side curtains in. We've also need to do the family room and kitchen.

We are on the count down for our Cairns holiday. We leave on the 12th August - which happens to be Murray and my 22nd wedding anniversary. So we'll have to go out for a nice dinner by ourselves one night while we are up there. We are really looking forward to getting away from the cold weather in Canberra. It was minus 8 overnight and Luke missed his bus this morning so at 8am when I was driving him into the city it was still -5. It's really deceiving though as it is a lovely sunny day - it's supposed to get up to 16 degrees. I suddenly thought this morning that I'll have to take Luke out shopping for board shorts and dress shorts for the warmer weather in Cairns. Unfortunately he's put on a bit of weight and nothing fits!! I tried to talk him into meeting Amy and I in the city tonight but he doesn't want to walk around and into every shop that we'll be going to. So I'll have to take him out tomorrow for a specific in and out type of shop.

That's all our news for now. I'll update after the holiday.