Grabbing a minute at lunchtime!

Just to keep you up to date!!

Yesterday we had some great news that Cerys's blood level had actually risen, alone, for the first time since June!! We're not sure what this means at the moment, we see our consultant at the transplant clinic on the 8th December, but I'm sure it can only be good. She has also had a cold, so we were expecting it to have dropped quite a bit, and re even prepared that she'd need to be transfused sooner this time. So we're happy bunnies at the moment!!

Hope you are all well, how's the dishwasher situation??

Greetings from Wales!! Hope you are all keeping well in this cold weather? We are holed up indoors today, the kids haev got a terrible cold, do we've decided to havea lazy day all round, well, the kids did, and I decided to try and catch up with the housework!!!!


Its been a funny couple of weeks, We've all done nothing special really, just relaxed, and it's been lovely. Cerys is keeping well, so far. She has had another unit of blood though, but this time we went home inbetween the cross match test and the transfusion itself, which brOke the day up slightly, and meant that Cerys wasn't as bored. As always she was a trooper, dispite the fact the registrar had such a horrendous time getting a canula in this time, something we need to talk to Alder Hey about I think. So anyways, that was over a week ago, and she's been fine until this cold, and still is running around today!! So she'll have a small blood test next week, just to check, and we may well leave her then until transplant clinic on the 8th. Keep everythign crossed.


We did however learn that Iwan isn't a full match for her, so he won't be able to donate the stem cells. However, because he is a partial match, there's a better chance than normal that either Jon or I could be a match, so we will be tested next time as well. She is also apparently a "very common" tissue type!!! So we should be able to find plenty of matches for her, which is the biggest relief!!

And like i say, we've basically just been chilling, and enjoying normal life!! here's some pics, First a good one of Iwan helping Taid cut the wood up with a hammer!

This is Cerys, showing how best to chill on a Sunday morning, colouring and listening to her MP3 player!!

We have been to see the Christmas decorations at the local garden centre though, and Iwan (much to our shame) got stuck straight in!!!!





Now here's some pictures than Nigel will identify with! Cerys opened up a beauty salon at Nain's house last weekend, and Dad had a manicure and polish......do you think he's impressed?!!!

He does look pleased wit the end result!!

So there we have it, a fairly normal entry from us lot. I enjoyed it :o)