Good morning to you all from a wet, cold and windy Cape Town.
I don't have too much to report on....Jimmy is doing very well. We got his blood counts back which they took on Tuesday when he had his bone marrow biopsy. The numbers are all coming up slowly but surely, the white blood count being 2.6. Still not out of danger but we are seeing some progress. It seems the rest period after chemo is doing its job.
We are in for a very wintry weekend down here in the Cape. It is the Fish Hoek High School Derby Day tomorrow against Bergvliet High School, one of our sporting highlights on the annual calendar, which dates back to when Jimmy and I were both at Fish Hoek High School. Brad and Loren are both playing their 1st team games tonight at Bergvliet on the astro and while I write, and am hoping that this rain continues until at least 1pm so that with any luck tonight's matches will be postponed. It is bitterly cold standing in the rain watching them with toes that you can't even feel in your boots. With any luck, if it postponed, the weather will also be better next time so that Jimmy can also come watch. All the other sports fixtures take place tomorrow during the day at Fish Hoek High School, Shannon's 2nd team hockey game included. It is compulsory for all 1st team players to support each other so tonight the rugby boys come through to watch the hockey and tomorrow we'll support the 1st team rugby boys.
Jimmy has just been on the phone with the chemo clinic to remind them that he is due for his next Zobone (calcium) injection on Monday the 4th so Olivia very kindly brought his 8th of August appointment forward to the 4th. This means that we will get the results back from the bone marrow biopsy a bit earlier. Yay! Waiting for results is the pits.
On Wednesday night my girls were here for the night. Emma had an accident and fell down the staircase. Poor thing....she has 3 big bruises down her right leg and the edge of the step cut the top of her left foot on the arch and the vein is also very inflamed. I haven't spoken to Megan for the last couple of days but getting lots of messages and photos. She is having an absolute ball. In a week she has seen Santorini, Greece; Civitavecchia, Italy; Livorno, Italy; Cannes, France; Valletta, Malta; Messina, Italy and tomorrow they dock in Venice, Italy at 8am. The ship depart at 6pm for the start of the next cruise.
I am really looking forward to Saturday afternoon when I get to catch up with my friend Kim who lives in Botswana. Kim was my best friend at school when I attended Hurlyvale Primary School. I have only seen her once, for an hour, since we moved from Gauteng in 1981.
Thanks Rohan and Patsy for your visit on Tuesday evening, it's always so good to catch up with you. Our thoughts are with Colleen, who cooked all those fabulous meals for us. She had an operation on her ankle last week and we hope you have a very good recovery.
Thank you for all your messages on the blog, it means allot to us and Jimmy loves it when I read them to him.
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