We had a good day today, we were expecting to have to stay for a long visit as we were told he would probably need a transfusion, but his counts weren't low enough. We only had to have the jab (which he absolutely hates, but deals with so bravely) and the tow chemo treatments through his central line. We were out of there late lunch time after getting there at 9am - that is a quick day.

They had Seth booked in for a lumbar punctur and bone marrow aspiration on his birthday (15th July) and for the first time during all of this he dug his heels in. He just refused to be in hospital on his birthday (don't blame him), so they changed it to the 12th for him which was great news.

Seth is getting the chubbiest, most gorgeous cheeks and such a round little tummy. It is funny to see our normally skinny little kid grow and grow and grow. He has such a huge appetite at times and craves the funniest things. The tops three foods at the moment are: twiggy sticks - he just can't get enough of them, talks about them all the time, would have them for breakfast if I let him. Doritos (must be in the red packet) and chicken tacos - he ate about 5 of them, we ran out of them and he was still after more to eat. One morning he ate 3 poached eggs on toast! I don't know how he doesn't throw it all up.

He is starting to have difficulty taking his pills, so we are now crushing them and mixing them up in chocolate yogo. I thought I would try something different and put them in some yoghurt, but that just made him throw up. So, we are sticking with the yogo. I don't know what I will do when he gets sick of having that 3 times a day!

We had a real highlight last week when Seth and the girls recieved a beautiful quilt each. A wonderful charity sews these fantastic quilts and each child in oncology gets to choose one for themselves and one for each of their siblings. The kids love them, they line up on the couch with their own quilts over them and watch tv all nice and snug, and have them on their bed every night. Such wonderful charities are involved at the hospital. I will write more about the other charities at a later date and will post photos of their quilts as well.

Over and out.