Originally Posted by hevs (Post 5691324)

Will do paul ;)
Thanks everyone :)

Originally Posted by Machiavelli (Post 5688349)

You just enjoy your Christmas with your family, I'll look out for you on the forum.

Have a lovely Christmas,

M


Sorry Hevs, new to the forum and have obviously not got the "quote" thing right.

Originally Posted by hevs (Post 5684428)

Wow, what a month!

For those oldies that know about the last, near enough, two years will know its been pretty shitty in our household? Well things are on the up!!

Flynn is going from strength to strength and is beginning to talk. He says Dad, duck, dog, gone and several other things that we haven't worked out yet! He is on his feet the whole time, but is showing no sign or crawling, he is just lazy and hates being face down.
We still have to await the professionals all clear with his result from the IVH BUT as his Mum I am very confident all is well. Mums intuition is huge I reckon and I don't think there are any problems at all. (apart from the fact hes still weany for nearly 14 months, his jeans fall down everytime you lift him up :lol:)

Matts MRI scan from two weeks ago is all good. Neuro surgeon says no sign of the cyst re growing, all cerebal spinal fluid moving nicely, no need for a shunt or anything, no air pockets or fluid like last time. The longer this goes on for, the less the likely hood of any intervention from them, and less chance of it returning. He apologised for the bashing around of Matts short term memory banks and said Matts probably pretty much where hes gonna be now. Jeeze, how humble can the man who saved his life be :ohmy: Next review 12 months :thumbsup:

Niall had a neuro review today due to his Chiari and our neuro surgeon is happy still not to operate, although wants an MRI review. This is "non urget" so will be done around march time. Even though he has some symptoms, they are not continuous over a long period and are not stopping his quality of life in any way. So we watch and wait. All good!

THEN! The icing on the cake.... Matt went for an interview on Monday for a two day a week, 6 month contract with "ECHO" which are part of work for the dole. The role was for a computer trainer to get people to know the basics when trying to get back into the work place. In a pre brain surgery world Matt was responsible for training whole companies to use software so we were hoping that they'd give him a fair go. He didn't get called for interview so he rang them and they said that they had interviewed some people but no one suitable. So Monday was D day. I suffered a flash of post traumatic stress disorder when Matt walked out of the bedroom suited and booted. The last time he had worn that garb was March 2nd 2006, the night he collapsed and we had to cut his clothes of for drips etc. Anyway, I gave myself a slap and wished him luck.

He said it went well and they would let him know at the end of the week. Yesterday they called for references. TODAY they offered him a job! FOUR days a week for 6 months.:thumbup:

Its been a long hard emotionally draining road, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and for once, its NOT another train!

oo oo oo, also forgot to say that I am also going back to college to do a cert 4 in training and work place assesment so that I can become a beauty therapy teacher. I start in feb

MERRY BLOODY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by Geelong Gent (Post 5691329)

Good luck for 2008 - perhaps its the year for the bombers?:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by hevs (Post 5704779)

Better be, now I got membership for Chrissy :thumbsup:

It was nearly all over the day before Xmas eve, our good luck patch I mean :ohmy:

Leah got hit on the head and it swelled up like a balloon, when i picked her up she was pale and dizzy, back to A and E we go :eek:

Luckily it turned out to be a popped vein in her head (she has a fabulous bruise there now, right above her eye!) and is beginning to go down now!

Phew, 2008, as you were....:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by hevs (Post 5704779)

Better be, now I got membership for Chrissy :thumbsup:

It was nearly all over the day before Xmas eve, our good luck patch I mean :ohmy:

Leah got hit on the head and it swelled up like a balloon, when i picked her up she was pale and dizzy, back to A and E we go :eek:

Luckily it turned out to be a popped vein in her head (she has a fabulous bruise there now, right above her eye!) and is beginning to go down now!

Phew, 2008, as you were....:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 5704909)

Well, I guess it was her turn :D

It'll be a good year Hevs, my chipmunk can feel it in her bones ;)

Originally Posted by moneypen20 (Post 5705057)

In the words of my eldest......that sounds SOOOOO wrong:lol: