Just an update

Hi everyone...
eli here...hope everyone is well...
ive been good. We only have 1 cycle to go with the ganciclovir which is on monday and boy are we all HUGELY excited when that is over. Ive been on that for almost 6 weeks now...used to be twice a day, but as you know, its just monday, wednesday and fridays. Everything works on 'hospital' time, so sometimes we are in hospital for nearly 6 hours! It can be a bit boring waiting around, but mum and dad do a pretty good job entertaining me!
I had to have a needle in my belly today to try and get some wee out of me. YOUCH is all i can say, but i got a groovy wiggles bandaid! It was pretty important to get a 'clean' wee so the dr's could test it properly...mum and dad have tried to 'catch' a wee. Normally they are pretty good, but there is only so long they can wait around for me to go (if you know what i mean!)...ive also had a doodle bag, but that doesnt work very well and VERY uncomfortable...so as a last resort, the needle went in. Its kinda ok though, cause we needed to make sure that we had a wee that wasnt contaminated with 'other' stuff...will see how the results go!
Next tuesday is a big day for the simpsons...its dads birthday as well as grandads birthday (yep, they were born on the same day). I think everyone was excited cause i was supposed to arrive on the 18th of sept and people thought i might have arrived early, but it didnt happen. It would have been kinda cool, but its nice to have my very 'own' day.
Its also mum and dads 3rd wedding anniversary, and it would have been my great ninnys and pa's 58th wedding anniversary as well. It will be filled with mixed emotions i guess, given that ninny went to heaven and became an angel.
It will also be the day that the dr's will do all the '100' day tests that they normally do. I will be put to sleep and they will put a needle in my hips to get out some of my mojo to see what kind of a job its doing...and hopefully we will be all clear of leukaemia. Thats the main goal...to feel better and get the cancer out of my blood.
If all goes well, we are heading to daylesford tomorrow for a visit and have a big rest day on sunday.
Its been pretty hard at the moment because right next door, a big block of units is being built. So there is pretty much LOTS and LOTS of noise including huge trucks, loaders and big arse jackhammers that rock the foundations (and right beside the bedroom)...so restful sleep is a very very difficult thing to achieve at the moment. It means that we have to leave the house and go walking or for a drive just so i can get some sleep. Poor mum is pretty buggered and completely annoyed cause i was just starting to sleep a bit better and give her a bit of a rest during the day. Mum has tried to soften the blokes up by buying them some choccie biccies but it hasnt done too much good at the moment. So we are REALLY REALLY keen to get home now, back to the bell birds and kookaburras and PEACE AND QUIET!
So, have a lovely weekend everyone, perhaps a few raindances would be good!
Love and kisses to all
eli
xox