homeward bound again!

Hi everyone...
eli here...after nearly a week back in melbourne, we are home again. I slept terrible and ended up in with mum and dad for big homecoming cuddles...somehow i think they are not going to be as forgiving tonight! I made the most of it anyways!
all is well...we had a pretty rough night last night so im a bit grumpy today. Mum and i did a little bit of 'stuff' this morning in town...bills to pay and letters to send, so we were quite busy. I was pretty happy to tag along and see the new sights of lakes entrance. We are still really careful not to go in majorly busy places to keep me protected!
my ears are heaps better, but the antibiotics are giving my tummy a work out (if you know what i mean!). Hopefully we will be off everything by friday and my tummy (and moods) will get a bit better!
mum reckons all the medicines this morning added up to about 16ml...a huge amount for a teeny tiny little tummy. No wonder i dont feel like eating!
Dr steve said my liver tests have come back a bit yuk, but i have to have another blood test on thursday and have the results sent through to melbourne. We are pretty positive and dr steve said its most likely caused by a drug interaction (fancy words for too many medicines not playing nicely with one another!)
we are heading back to melb next monday for another appointment, but for now, we are just keen to hang out as a family at HOME!
We also got a ripper letter from Challenge to say thanks for all the books that a few of you donated to them for their library...
the letter says:
"For many years now, Challenge has provided many forms of entertainment in both the Royal Childrens Hospital and Monash Medical Centre. On a daily basis staff distribute DVD's, Playstation and X Box consoles, Laptops with Internet access and recently have purchased a Nintendo Wii, all with the aim of entertaining the children staying in the ward and reducing the inevitable boredom.
we identified earlier in the year that a resource lacking within the wards were books. Kids of all ages love to read, and not everyone loves playing computer games to fill in their time.
Thankyou for answering the call and helping Challenge to put together an impressive library of books catering for all ages and interests. We now have over 600 top quality books at the office.
Once we have catalogued and labelled all of these books, the children within both hospitals will certainly have their hands full choosing which book they want to read first!
Once again, thankyou for your generous donation, we greatly appreciate your support.
Kind regards
David Rogers - Chief Executive Officer
Challenge - supporting kids with cancer.

So a huge THANKS to all of you once again for helping challenge...they like many organisations do an awesome job helping kids like me...big AND little!
The other thing that is ALWAYS needed are bandaids (and ive used my fair share of them this past week now that my noodles are gone!)...so if you think about it at your next shopping trip, please buy a box and get them to mum, or if you are in melbourne, call into the 6th ward and drop them off...i know kids like me will appreciate them...i actually scored krusty the clown on one arm and homer on the other! They are gorgeous!

Anyhoo, best fly...feeling a bit tired...gotta try and sneek a sleep in!
luv to everyone
eli
xox