Translate This Page To: Spanish German French Italian Portuguese Norwegian Brought to you From FreeTranslation.com Give a gift in honor of this child. Kaitlyn H. Guest Book       Photos UPDATE: 5-29-08 Well it has been 12 months since an update, I guess the wording, NO NEWS is EXCELLENT NEWS................. And so this is correct, on the 6th of May Kaitlyn celebrated her ninth birthday, she also celebrated 5 YEARS CANCER FREE. We share this blessing with many freinds and family who have supported us through many years, and our prayers to our Heavenly Father have been answered. Without our prayers and faith we could not have gotten to where we are today. Kaitlyn is a happy nine year old, she loves her flute, her family life and her freinds. She is a wonderful miricle and blessing to us her family. Through the past five years our family has grown in strength and more understanding of the meaning of our life here on this earth. Meanwhile we continue to see our little freinds suffer and have to endure so much, our prayers will always continue for these little / and big ones! And thankyou to all who have regularly checked in, and left messages of support, without this who knows what our minds would have been thinking. As for now, we have reached a massive milestone, and for now kaitlyn is happy and healthy. SO for now there is not alot to report on, so i guess again we will have to say no news is excellent news! Kaitlyn our lovely, happy healthy caring and sensitive daughter, we love you dearly and we are so ever thankful that you have come through and taught us your family soooo very very much, for that we thankyou for being a HUGE part in our lives. Love Dadda Mumma, Olivia and Mack UPDATE: 5-2-08 6th of May tis my BIRTHDAY!!! On sunday Kaitlyn will be turning 8................wow, and this also means that we have made it to 4 years off treatment..yay!!! We hope to celebrate her birthday with family and freinds on sunday which will be nice. Tonight she is having a sleepover with 3 freinds, boy is that going to be fun. As far as her back pain, we did all blood, urine, ultrasound and xray. The blood come back with inflamation marker up. But nothing else showed, so we just have to conclude that she has done something that may have triggered muscle spasms, or somthing of that nature, to give her this intense, spasmotic pain, whenever and whereever. Wish you all a wonderful weekend, love Yvette UPDATE: 3-22-07 long while since we have updated you all on the goings on. Things have been busy (as always). Kaitlyn has had her 12 months scans, ultrasound, xray, bloods etc and SHE IS ALL CLEAR..............................we are at the 4 year mark, 4 years off treatment. I remember when we were told that she will need to be checked till she is nine, and yearly for her kidney for life, and thinking man 9 that is going to take ages. But she is nearly 8 and we have one more year of 'cancer checkups' and she will be given the 'allclear'. What a marvel. She is doing very well at the moment, very healthy, 28kg and 128.8 cm tall.....she is on par with everything. The dr she saw yesterday is going to refer us to the Peadatric Ongologist in Hobart for next year, so that on our last visit (checkup) we can discuss any questions etc that we may have....God has given us many blessings, and one is that he continues to care for kaitlyn and keep her well. Olivia is doing wonderfully. She is excelling at school, but goes about it very quietly. She just soaks it all up, and then comes home, doesnt say much but all of a sudden she is able to do this and that. Her reading is really good. We are very proud of her. THe school has just had their swimming carnavel, the girls did there absolute best and that is all we can ask of them. Kaitlyn's not the most athletic, but she gave it her best shot, we did swimming lessons over the summer period and that helped alot. Olivia is coming along well too. THey had a great day, so great that Olivia fell asleep at 4pm that day, till 5...........totally bombed. Mark is loving his new job.....he goes to work every day dressed up, in shirt and jeans, and comes home nice and clean......hehe......he is an office boy now.. Nah seriously he could not be happier, and he is learning so much there....its a good challenge. Mack is doing ok, he is not very well at the moment, last weekend was a longweekend and we had our church picnic, he started to not be well then, when we got home, checked his temp and it was up, there is a barking cough going around at the school and sure enough he got it. By last sunday he was getting better, slowly mind you, and then yesterday he was walking around saying oww oww, and his temp went high so i got to the dr, he has a chest and ear infection poor little thing......last night could not get his temp below 38.2 (with panadol) he is still alseep now, so we will see how he goes. Well apart from that, we are waiting for Emma to have her baby which is due on Saturday, and next saturday we have Marks sisters wedding - Claire, which we are all looking forward to, hoping the weather will be nice, as it is in the garden at Mum and Dad Hidding.... I am sure it will all turn out well.. Olivia is going to be flowergirl for Claire, so as soon as we have photos, i will email them. Well that is about all folks, till next time, hoping this finds you all well, and keep in touch. Prayers and Thoughts Mark and Yvette Kaitlyn OLivia and Mack UPDATE: 3-1-07 Wow it has been a while again. Well we are all good....The girls have finally started back at school and doing quiet well considering..Bit tired to start with but doing ok.. Olivia is full time this year and kaitlyn is in grade 2 this year. She is doing leaps and bounds and seems to be concentrating a little more at the moment, so that is good. The news this week is, that Kaitlyn has scans on FRIDAY...eeekk. It has been a year since the last ones. A couple of weeks ago we went to see a pead because she has some large and unuasual moles on her head....we had them checked out and need to go back in 2 months again for another check on them. Friday involves, ultrasounds, xrays and bloods and urine. I do not get results till the end of March, unless of course there is something wrong. Please keep us in your prayers, as again this is something that turns my stomach, even though you tell yourself that she is healthy, she is fine, she is happy, but 10f your brain, doesnt allow you to have that 100he will be alright!!!! She is asking alot of questions lately about her ordeal, what it means for her, why did she get it? She does not remember alot of the time in hospital which i think is beautiful, the things she remembers are so trivual to us, nice nurses names, the craft that she got to do etc. We as parents and adults seem to only remember the bad / sad things that went on and forget the happy things. She is growing into a mature young girl... She is starting flute lessons today, we will see how she goes, we had a introduction to it last week, and she got a pure note out. Which was absolutley excellent....I will be learning the french horn alongside her, so we can practise together. Which will keep both of us motivated. Please keep us in your prayers, Love Yvette hidding UPDATE: 1-11-07 Wow it has been a while again. We had a lovely christmas and a rather loud new year. We have been camping since boxing day in a caravan park, and man new years was a very noisy one. The kids didnt do too bad and they were asleep by 10pm (which i must say is very late for them). We had wonderful weather camping, sometimes a little windy but generally very nice. We caught alot of fish and we were eating fish every second night. Yummo. Kaitlyn got to go to her Camp Quality christmas function, which was nice, Kaitlyn also had a christmas concert with her school, and ohh arnt they just the cutest. They did a wonderful job, and all the practise that went into it was great. Kaitlyn has been well, she will have scans on the 7th March, which i am counting down. She is well, so this will make it nearly 4 years off treatment. We are still having issues with Mack, he came out with a couple of big red blotches under his skin they were reddish blueish purplish. THey started to 'grow' I took him to a gp and they did blood tests, most was fine apart from his alp was double what a child his age should be...so this week we need to do repeat of blood test to make sure it is ok. Apart from that..will update soon to let you know how all results etc go, again thankyou to those who do pop by regularly to see how we are going.. Love Yvette UPDATE: 10-19-06 Yes we had Demis wedding, and oh what a wonderful day. We had such a good day together and she is now Mrs Brouwer. Kaitlyn did a wonderful job and had such a good time, and doesnt she just look wonderful......brings a tear to your eye. Next week we have been asked to go on a camp with Camp Quality. Should be a good camp and an oppurtunity to meet some more families around the area. We are going south to a place called Huon. I have never been there so it is a new thing for us all. Should be good, cross fingers no one gets sick between now and then. (still alot of gastro going around). Kaitlyn is doing well, doing well at school. we have just had nanna and poppa here for 2 and a half weeks, they are now flying back to western australia to pick up their caravan to travel around australia, before they come back to Tasmania to settle. Kaitlyn and Olivia really enjoyed having them here. Kaitlyn gets her report from school on Friday (will let you all know how she goes. Thankyou all for checking in Love Yvette and Family UPDATE: 7-13-06 Well it has been a month since i last updated...TOO LONG....life is just too busy. Well Kailtyn went on her camp with Camp QUality. She loved every bit of it, aparently they had Ice age 2 a fireworks night, they did loads of craft in the craft shed they got treats and the list goes on. She came back very happy and Shannon her little freind they enjoyed each others company very much. It is soo nice to see them create freinds and hopefully they remain freinds for life. School holidays are over and it is back to routine and homework (reading) and getting into bed on time, so she can get up on time in the morning (which i must say in winter it has been a struggle) need to wake her every morning. One good thing kaitlyn is eating soo well at the moment. She is loving all her food which is nice to see. She is doing so well at the moment , and growing up soo fast. We are having little conversations with her now, she is a joy to have around, but it is scary that she is growing up so fast. We have settled in nicely to our new home, Mark is busy doing a vege garden for me today. We will just have to wire it off, we have wallabies around here and they like to eat vegetation. Mack is ok, still slow to gain weight, and today and yesterday he was spiking temps of 39 degrees. And on days like that he doesnt eat. So it is a visious circle. The last month he gained 100 grams. He had a metabolic screen done, something came back elevated so they are running the test again, to make sure it was not a one off. So we will see i see the pead in about a month. He is 11 months old now and 4 weeks time he will be one already. We have a stream of birthdays in August. 5th - Macks 1st birthday, 6th - my dads birthday, 7th - my sisters 25th birthday, 10th - my 30th birthday, 14th my nephew 5th birthday, 24th my daughter Olivias 5th Birthday. So we will be busy. It will also be shannons birthday (kaitlyn freind) and she is also having a party to celebrate the completion of her treatment!!! YIPPEEEE UPDATE: 6-1-06 Yes we have moved into our new home.. We have settled in nicley after a busy week and weekend! Last week we had a few tests with Mack Monday ultrasound, result kidneys are smallish but fine.. Wednesday the cardiologists from melbourne ...result, 2 small holes, and pulmory artery valve is thick, but they do not want to see him till he is three and then they will re assess him again, but he is fine other wise ( not blue they said) Friday he went to the dietician and we are giving him calorie powder called polycose, to increase his intake, we are staying with the no milk diet and it seems to be going well, still need to weigh him weekly to see what his weight will do. The girls are dooing great, we have first term break next week and Mark is taking a week off work also, gives us time in our new house, so he can put the washing line etc up!!!! Kaitlyn will be off to camp with Camp Quality and her companion Vanessa and her best freind Shannon!! THey should have a blast and they will be dressing up as snow fairies ( I think ) Well we just keep plodding, as things remain stable..Mack Peadatrician rang tonight and wants me to take Mack into the hospital for her students, they are studying 'failure to thrive' and want to use him as a case study...see if we get any results that way hey! Well that is the latest just a quick update sorry..photo soon..Love Hidding UPDATE: 5-18-06 Well things have been busy once again. After Olivia got sick, Kaitlyn got it on the Sunday night at about 3am..the next day she had temps and was not too well, but by the night she was coming good, she went to bed at 6pm and slept well and got up early the next morning wanting to go to school.. Since then a few more kids at the school have been unwell..great start. On Friday night she had a little freind sleep over, and saturday morning it was her SEVENTH birthday..HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAITLYN. she is 7 already. We had a wonderful day in which the family came up for morning tea. And she got spoilt. Each year that kaitlyn has her birthday it is a new mileston for us. On saturday it will be 3 years that she is off treatment. We have been richly blessed and it is a wonderful feeling that we have been given patience and strength and continue to receive it. On anther matter...Mack went back to the peaditrician on Wednesday. His test results came back as negetive for cealiac...BUT his blood test for renal function was way out. What this means i am not quite sure we will be getting a ultrasound done on his kidneys and we are also seeing a nutritionist tomorrow at 1pm to talk about intolerance that his body may have, and therefore his kidneys are unable to flush from his system, leaving a level that is too high. We also got him weighed today and he put on 40grams in two weeks....He has to start doing better than that!!!! Thankyou all for checking in, remember we may not always sign other pages but we are often checking on you all...Love HIddings UPDATE: 5-11-06 Well things have been busy once again. After Olivia got sick, Kaitlyn got it on the Sunday night at about 3am..the next day she had temps and was not too well, but by the night she was coming good, she went to bed at 6pm and slept well and got up early the next morning wanting to go to school.. Since then a few more kids at the school have been unwell..great start. On Friday night she had a little freind sleep over, and saturday morning it was her SEVENTH birthday..HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAITLYN. she is 7 already. We had a wonderful day in which the family came up for morning tea. And she got spoilt. Each year that kaitlyn has her birthday it is a new mileston for us. On saturday it will be 3 years that she is off treatment. We have been richly blessed and it is a wonderful feeling that we have been given patience and strength and continue to receive it. On anther matter...Mack went back to the peaditrician on Wednesday. His test results came back as negetive for cealiac...BUT his blood test for renal function was way out. What this means i am not quite sure we will be getting a ultrasound done on his kidneys and we are also seeing a nutritionist tomorrow at 1pm to talk about intolerance that his body may have, and therefore his kidneys are unable to flush from his system, leaving a level that is too high. We also got him weighed today and he put on 40grams in two weeks....He has to start doing better than that!!!! Thankyou all for checking in, remember we may not always sign other pages but we are often checking on you all...Love HIddings UPDATE: 5-4-06 Well things are travelling ok.... The house: The bricks are done, the painting is done, the arcitraves are done, most of the kitchen in, started tiling, heater is in, electrician is doing his bits and peices. We are not sure of when we will be in yet, but hopefully in the next month and a half. I havent taken photos of the place for a long time (flat batteries) horrible excuse i know. The girls: Well we have just had an easter break, which it rained alot throughout, and the girls did get rather bored. We went to the inlaws shack for a couple of nights and the girls got to ride their motorbikes. They are getting rather good at it, and kaitlyn is doing full throddle..and chewing through the petrol...rummen. Olivia is home at the moment with gastro, she has been throwing up all night and has a temp today. Poor thing, yesterday was their first day back at school. Kaitlyn is doing well and next week is her 7th birthday..once again we have reached a bit milestone. SHe is currently 3years off active treatment...we have 2 more years to go!!! Again we have been blessed with another year with her and her in wonderful health, we can thank the Lord for his countless blessings and the many prayers that have been answered. She just got her report and she is doing really well at school..we are thankful for this too. Mack: We went to the peadritiacn today and he is not gaining enough weight yet, he is 6.9kg!! he is going so slow. Valerie Hewitt ordered a heap of blood tests today and we need to do a 24 hour urine collection. I go back to her on the 10th of May and go to see the peadatric cardiologists on the 24th of May. They are checking for cealeac ....and have no idea what else, will let you know when we get the results. Me and Mark: We are doing well, every spare minute is up at the block...Mark is home with a chest infectino at the moment, he has had 3 days off, so we are a sick bunch at the moment...but we will manage. We have a fair bit on and at times it is a little stressful, but we remember that we are not in control and that we do get help. We will email some photos of the house very soon, and some of the kids too!! Thankyou, and God bless Yvette and Mark and kids xxxxx UPDATE: 4-13-06 This is just a little update of us all....Well we thought mack was doing well on the tablets, but last week he went down another 80 grams...so for the month he put on 200grams. He is now 6.6kg...he is doing slowly well!! He is still slipping off the bottom line on the chart, he is now 8 months old. He has just learnt to sit, but is finding it difficult to stay that way for too long. He is otherwise a very happy kid, so no complaints there. THe girls are doing well....kaitlyn is at a birthday party today. First they are going swimming and then they are going to Macdonalds, she will come home pooped and then we are off to Marks dads place tonight it is his birthday. Olivia is soo loving school and her and bohdan are bestest buddies. Her teacher asked me the other day what to do about those two, as they have a love hate relationship/ They are that close they are like brother sister...funny really...we said just to engnore the fights, and they sort it out...which they do. The house is coming along, the plaster is finished, they have started painting, getting kitchen cupboards in, and the architraves. We hope to be able to get in there the end of May...how exctiting.. THe brickies will be there next week.. Apart from that not much else as the house is taking up all our time and energy...Easter break is coming up and we are looking forward to that, the kids have 10 days off and then back to school for 4 weeks and then off for the school holidays! arrhhh...should be good just hope the girls dont fight too much. We would like to wish you all a safe and happy easter, and talk to you all again soon...Love Mark Yvette and Kids UPDATE: 2-23-06 Good morning all....Firstly we have some new photos of the family. A week back at school and we are doing well...Kaitlyn has fitted in nicely and loves to go eat morning...although this morning it was a little hard for her to get up...it took her a while to get to sleep as mum left yesterday on the plane..she was a little upset. My sister, who is getting married in Oct, asked Kaitlyn yesterday to be her flowergirl...she is very excited about that. Well it is coming up to checkup time again..Kaitlyn will be getting an ultrasound done, this is the first one in 12 months...I am a little aprehensive, as there have been times that kaitlyn has gone, owww....holding her right side of the abdomen...the pain seems to disappear but when it is leading up to the times where you have a check up, you subconcious will always fear. THis morning she said that her chest felt funny.. I know to most of you it all just sounds like paranioa...but We are allowed to be i think. Once the tests are done, and we pray for clear scans, that paranioa will dissapear till next time...Other than that she seems healthy and is very happy at the moment..apart from sibling wars. Checkup is next wednesday but we do not get results for about a week, unless of course something shows up, so no news will be good news. Love you all, leave a message to let us know that you have popped by. UPDATE: 2-16-06 Well today is the first day that Olivia is going to school for the whole day...she went on tuesday just for a trial morning and loved it. This morning Kailtyn and Olivia hopped on the bus together..how cute....Lets see how she comes home this afternoon, i reckon she will be exhausted. Kaitlyn is now in Grade 1 over here...she came home yesterday and was all excited about getting 'homework'..Oh i love homework she said, lets see in a couple of years hey. It was reading homework, which she was all to keen to do when she got home. The house is still getting things done on, this thursday the roofing iron and gutters etc will be delivered, and we will be putting that on on saturday. Saturday we have Rauol and Demis engagement party at 2-4pm and mum and dad hiddings shack in Clarence Point..It should be a lovely day for them and us. Mum Buist is over here at the moment, she came over to see Bohdan and Olivia have their first day at school....Ruaol timed the engagement so that she was here for the party, cute hey. We got Mack weighed yesterday and he has lost 40 grams in two weeks, so now he is 6.16kg..But he has grown 1 cm in that time so they are not too worried as he might gain in the next two weeks..HOPEFULLY...I do not know what else to do, he has 4 milk bottles in the day and has 3 meals of solids a day which he wooffs down and absolutly loves. He is starting to get more active, finally he rolled so that may have something to do with it. He has also been waking in the night for long periods of time in which we have had to do control crying....It seems to be a cycle, one good night and 3 bad ones...so he can sleep through cause he has done it, we will just have to keep persisting. UPDATE: 1-26-06 Sunday, January 22, 2006 5:43 PM CST How are things everyone...things have been ok here...Last week we had a few illnesses but they are overcome and all is good again. Mack was admitted to hospital for dehydration he had viral tonsilitis and was not drinking, they admitted him for fluids and we could go home the next day. Kaitlyn started with temps on the sunday but by monday she was fine, she does not have tonsils anymore so i think that helped in that it did not develop into tonsilitis. Yesterday and today are soooo hot...we are inside with the airconditioner on...in Tassie you say!! yes in tassie. Mark worked on the house on saturday and that is coming along great. Kaitlyn has a newfound freind she is from Exeter and her name is Shannon. She has ALL. THey are a lovely family and it is soo nice that kaitlyn has found a little freind so close to home. THey had met at a couple of the Camp Quality camps and get along great. We will be seeing them again this week, and yesterday they spoke on the phone for a half a hour...young girls already yakking on the phone. Kaitlyn is doing fine we have three weeks left of school holidays and then it is back to school. In Feb we have scans, ultrasounds and bloods....please remember this we will let you know how we go. Update again soon...Love Yvette and Family UPDATE: 12-5-05 again it has been a while hasnt it..............Things are going well...Mack is now 13 weeks old and is gaining weight slowly.....a couple of weeks ago we were in hospital with him, to try and find the problem and it is Lactose Intolerance, which is what kaitlyn had as a baby too....since putting him on lactose free formula he is doing much better, though still gaining slowly. Kaitlyn has just had a six month check up....2 and a half years off treatment.....WE ARE ALL CLEAR....with thanks to our heavenly father, who has cared and protected her throughout her short life, and has once again given her a bill of health...are prayers have been answered once again. We had a family camp last week with the new 'family' in tasmania with Camp Quality. We met some wonderful people and the camp was awesome...it was at a resort, with golf, mini golf, indoor pool, gym, sauna...they had beauticians there who did our hair and facials and massages and the list goes on...we had wonderful meals and we enjoyed our time, we came home very exhausted though as there was always something going on. Apart from that we have had the most wonderful weather, we have had bbqs, the kids have been swimming, and this is Tasmania that we are talking about,,,wonderful hey! Well we pray that the other families are ok, and doing well, sorry havent had time to check in on you all lately. Love you all Yvette UPDATE: 11-8-05 again it has been a while hasnt it..............Things are going well...Mack is now 13 weeks old and is gaining weight slowly.....a couple of weeks ago we were in hospital with him, to try and find the problem and it is Lactose Intolerance, which is what kaitlyn had as a baby too....since putting him on lactose free formula he is doing much better, though still gaining slowly. Kaitlyn has just had a six month check up....2 and a half years off treatment.....WE ARE ALL CLEAR....with thanks to our heavenly father, who has cared and protected her throughout her short life, and has once again given her a bill of health...are prayers have been answered once again. We had a family camp last week with the new 'family' in tasmania with Camp Quality. We met some wonderful people and the camp was awesome...it was at a resort, with golf, mini golf, indoor pool, gym, sauna...they had beauticians there who did our hair and facials and massages and the list goes on...we had wonderful meals and we enjoyed our time, we came home very exhausted though as there was always something going on. Apart from that we have had the most wonderful weather, we have had bbqs, the kids have been swimming, and this is Tasmania that we are talking about,,,wonderful hey! Well we pray that the other families are ok, and doing well, sorry havent had time to check in on you all lately. Love you all Yvette UPDATE: 8-25-05 Sorry it has been such a long time since we have updated. We have a new addition to the family.....a son born on the 5th of August at 1.30pm. He weighed 6 pound 11 oz. He was placed in ICU for 3 days due to breathing difficulty but was allowed out and is doing really well. We just had him weighed today and in a week he has put on 320 grams which is excellent, least i know the breastfeeding is going well....didnt have success the previous times. Ooopssss His name is Mack Adison. Apart from that the girls are trying to adjust and doing well. We have had a large number of flus and colds pass through the house, but seem to be getting over them slowly. My mum and dad have been here for 3 weeks holiday from WA and they have enjoyed there time in seeing their new grandson. That is about all this time, promise to update again SOON. UPDATE: 5-23-05 Hello all.... We are doing well, settling in nicely to the area and the people. We have had a busy couple of weeks....2 weeks ago we had kaitlyns birthday which was busy but nice. My grandparents were over for 10 days and we caught up with them a little too. Last week and the week before we have been busy with a load of dr visits. A couple for me, antenatel and a couple for kaitlyn , for her checkup. As far as baby, everything is coming along nicely i am now 28 weeks and the growth is matching the dates, and the heartbeat all good. It is wriggling nicely too, which i feel every bit off. At the stage where we can start counting down. Demi my sister and a freind had a shower party for me and Emma (sister in law) who is due in 3 weeks). It was nice and we got rather spoilt. As far as the hospital system in maternity, we are doing the clinic system and it seems to be working well. THe doctors are ok, you just dont get to see the same one each time you go. Friday kaitlyn needed to go back to the Pead regarding the xrays and blood tests taken the week before. As far as our remission status we are still in remission and she is doing great. The blood tests didnt work. Her spinal xray showed that she was rather blocked up in the bowel department. This is a huge explanation for alot of things, backache, tired irritable, and tummy gramps. I did not think much of it, as she was still a regular goer but never did enough and there became a back log. So as a result she ended up in Launceston Hospital for 30 hours or so. She had to have a nasal gastric tube and got 6 litres of this stuff to make her bowels empty. The last couple of days she has been rather grumpy and tired, as a result of going to the loo quiet a few times over her hospital stay. They also redid the blood tests while we were in there, and the results come back all positive. So hopefully this will fix the problem with the backache and tummy gramps and she is to go on a higher fibre diet and lots of water etc......which i thought i was doing my best at anyways.... we go back to the Pead in a week for a review......so as far as all that....we have had a taste of the childrens ward here in tassie, and I must say they are a wonderful mob of nurses, they are soooo caring about the parents....and have sooo much time for you to make sure we are just as comfortable as the kids.....very happy with the service we got. This week is a little quieter (I hope) I just have our first house rental inspection, which is just more of a pain in the but than anything else. Olivia has started in a local Playcentre, it is not a daycare it is a playgroup where you can leave them from 9 - 12. She calls it HER school and loves going to it, time out for her and mum. This is the last week of school and then they have 2 weeks school holidays, it seems like they just had some, but oh well we will see how that goes, as the two girls are starting to get on each others nerves lately. Olivia is good, but is always competing for attention, we have good weeks and bad weeks, when she is good she is very good and when she is bad shes not so pleasant. School holidays i will just have to plan a few day trips around the tassie scenary, and maybe Macdonalds for lunch. Here you do not tend to have takeout much as you are a good 20 min from the nearest takeaway and by the time we would get home it would be cold....so that may be a nice treat for them. We will have to go and see a few sites, as the kids havent really had the feel of the place as much yet. Nearly every weekend we are taking the quad out, and Olivia is doing soooo well on it, she is actually scary to watch as she doesnt have any fear. She will actually try to get it on two wheels....yeeekk, and does skids on the gravel and whatever else she can think of. She will attempt any terrain, whereas kaitlyn is very causous...which is a good thing!!! But they are having a ball on it, but now that Olivia is getting on it, they dont want to share and want one each!!!! So that is what we are saving for now!! Anyway i better go and check on the pair they are both fighting again, cause they are both tired again! But we love em!!!! So i better go I think kaitlyn has organised her doggy a party in her room, and i am invited!! Better go, missing a little of the warmer weather but coping nicely.... .Love you all From the Hidding Family UPDATE: 5-8-05 May 6th 10PM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPECIAL GIRL 6 TODAY!!! Today is kaitlyns birthday and did she get spoilt. We are so thankful that we could be blest with a wonderful healthy year with her. Her birthdays mean soooo much to Mum and Dad, and we thank the Lord for these blessings. Kaitlyn went to school and then after school had a little party with some family and freinds. After which we had a family dinner of soup and bread. It was very busy and kaitlyn got very spoilt...as they do. By 7pm she was in tears and it was just too much for her. She got a torch for her birthday and wanted to go to bed and play with her torch. Her head hit the pillow and it didnt move!! No playing with the torch. We thank those who sent cards and well wishes, very much appreciated. Kaitlyn had her first visit to the Pead in Tasmania on Wednesday. She is a very nice doctor and listened very well to what had happened and what we would like to continue to happen. Kaitlyn has been complaining of some mid back back pain which i queried the doctor about. At first they didnt want to do scans till July but when i got home the doctor rang and changed her mind and want us to get the xrays and bloods etc done next week and then we get results the week after. I think she just wants to rule out anything suspicious. So that is good, at least we know she is on the ball. Apart from that kaitlyn is doing really quite well, loves school. We are all settled and doing well, 13 weeks to go and we will have a little addition to the family. As far as that goes everything is going well too. We have just had our two grandparents over from western australia visiting..called 'trick' opa and oma...becuase opa does tricks for the young kids. They have had a wonderful time, and it is nice to have them over for a couple of days. (they are 85) not bad for travelling at that age hey!! Well will check in again soon to let you all know how she is going with her tests etc. UPDATE: 4-23-05 WEll we have moved into our own house, we have email up and running and a family routine again. Well sort off! Kaitlyn gets picked up each morning on the bus at 8am and comes home about 3.40pm. She is doing really well at school and has settled in very easily. Her reading has developed soooo much over the last couple of weeks. We are proud of her. If you looked at her now, you would never tell she was ever ill. Her hair is back to the length it was when she was first diagnosed, she is bounding with health, i still need to pinch myself alot about the big learning curve we went through, and my heart aches for those who are still going through the uncertain, and treatments. We do have a checkup in a week and a half, and we are praying that kaitlyn will have clear scans. We have linked with camp Quality in Tasmania and hope to meet with them in the next couple of weeks, they sound lovely. It will be good to develop a network and support system over here too. Thinking and praying for you all Love Yvette UPDATE: 4-7-05 Things are travelling well... Kaitlyn started school today and went by herself on the bus at 7.50am, school by 8.30. Not sure how she will go as it will be a long day. Apart from that we will be moving into our own home on next wednesday which we are all looking forward too, just to have our own stuff would be nice. The girls are coping well, considering, i am quite proud of them. Kaitlyn is a bundle of health at the moment, last week she had the sniffles which is the first time i can remember in the last 6 months, she recovered very well too. I think we can finally say that her immune has bounced back and she is a picture of health. In a couple of weeks it will be her sixth birthday. With this we can only thank and praise God that he has looked after our little girl and allowed us to spend some very precious time with her....she is going to be SIX!!! wow how time flies. Also on her birthday it will be 2 years off treatment, which is a major milestone, another thing we can be greatful and thankful for. Her birthday is on the sixth of May, she has a review on the 4th of May. Apart from that the weather here is a little colder, something to get use to, and that will take some time, the girls are loving everything over here at the moment, and there really hasnt been too much of a mention of missing too much, except nanna and poppa. They have too many new things to check out, and lots of big boys who are doting on them at the moment, and giving them loads of attention. (which all young kids love). Baby is kicking lots, Mark has felt it now...things are looking good, and my belly is growing. So for all that, missing you all lots, and prayers are with all our freinds...Love Mark YVette and girls UPDATE: 3-21-05 Well....to all... We have safetly made it too Tasmania, there is a fair bit of adjusting to do, weather is rather a bit colder and today we needed to go to Kmart and buy ourselves some more jumpers and tops, as i did not pack enough in the suitcases. We have more in the container which is due to arrive sometime next week. We have been busy today trying to look for a rental but none of the realestates seem too much in a hurry about things. We will keep trying tomorrow and we have an appointment to view on in the morning. We will see how we go. The girls are still trying to adjust to the time, they have been having alot of afternoon sleeps, but the last day they didnt. Where we are staying they are required to share a room, which over the last two nights is proving a challenge. (Playing instead of sleeping) Kaitlyn is good and we have referals to a local peadrictian which we will be seeing on the 5th of May (a day before her birthday) ready for her next checkup. I had my ultrasound last week and the baby is now 19 weeks old and doing really well. No signs of anything wrong which was worrying me a little this time for some reason. We will let you know when we are settled which we hope to be soon, just to have our own place and not be sharing with rellies would be nice. Love the reliles but with school starting we would love to get the girls into some sort of routine. I will email again soon...Love YVette UPDATED: 2-26-05 We have some news!!!! We have sold the house, we sold it on wednesday, with a settlement for in 3 weeks...SO we need to be out within 2 and half weeks...aaaaaajhhhhhhhhhhhh!! All is going well, with the packing, and we have booked to move over to tassie on the 18th of March. Things are going to plan, we have the airline tickets, the car is booked on the truck and the container is coming to be packed. Kaitlyn is very excited about going and her new teacher has sent a class photo over for her, so she know who she is going to and who her teacher is...how cute. We have bought new suitcases, which the girls love the idea of, they have one each. All the referal to a peadritian is organised and i have an appointment with them soon after we get to Tasmania. Today we went to the doctor for mum and bub and all is going well. I have a scan on the 16th of March to see if baby is growing well. We have been lucky to get an appointment with a place that does the 3D ultrasound. We will get to see our little ones face...we are very excited. To those who live in WA and those who have supported us through the last couple of years, new freinds and old, thankyou sooo much we couldnt have done without your support...colleen and Kaitlyn sorry to leave you, but thankyou for a recent new found freindship, please do not loose contact with us as we will love to know how you and kaity are doing (dont worry i will be checking in on you very regularly) Sam and Zoe we wish you all the very best with the rest of your treatment, we will be checking in on you too. Allie and Brett, wish you all the best, sorry to leave you when you need support and freinds. Amy and Quetin, wishing you all the best and hang on to the support and freinds you have. Karen and Lee and teegan, hope teegan does well, and we will be thinking of you regularly. Over all, you will all be in our prayers and we will still continuely do regular updates on this site, so please check in to see how we are going, We are going to miss the support network that we have developed over the past few years, and we hope that you all continue to check in, and let us know how you are going. We are going to reconnect with Camp Quality in Tassie and we hope to regain some support over there. Keep Fighting and praying. For those who want our new contact details please email me and i will be more than happy to give it too you. Will keep you posted LOve Hidding Family UPDATE: 1-27-05 In the last week and a half we have been busy.. Last week wednesday we had a regular checkup of scans and ultra sounds and we are pleased to say we are ALL CLEAR. We have a checkup in May and then we will be in the 2 years off treatment. All the doctors are happy for us as we are doing well. They will organise a referal to a Dr in Launceston were we will be relocating too. All kaitlyns blood work and kidney and lungs are really good, and we are nothing but thankful for her health and pray constantly for her ongoing health. On thursday we had the funeral for our freind Kaleisha, it was the first child funeral that i have attended, it was beautiful but sooooo difficult. I am glad i went and i thank Colleen for sticking by me as i think i couldnt have done it on my own. It was very hard to say goodbye to a wonderful and happy and smart, joyous little girl. The last week the girls went to adventure world with kaitlyns camp quality companion. We had a wonderful time, but the girls were bombed when we came home. This weekend we are having a garage sale with my mum and dad, what a load of junk we have accumalated over the past few years. It will be fun to sell some unwanted junk. We are eager to sell the home, as we are waiting to move to Tasmania. We are more eager then ever now, as we are going to become new parents. I have the wonderful news that i am currently 12 weeks pregnant with number 3. We would love to move and settle before this little miricle is born. We just continue to be blessed and thankful for everyday that we have with our children and families. Our prayers are heard and we are thankful. UPDATE: 1-12-05 Yesterday the 11th of January at 8.30am Kaliesha Siddons, and beautiful 3 year old, passed away. She was a wonderful little girl and was diagnosed on the 5th December 2002, (2 days before kaitlyn) with Nueroblastoma. She spent alot of time in hospital with many of our other freinds, and fought a long and hard battle. She relapsed in Oct 2004 in her lungs. Remember Kaliesha playing with your teddy bear in hospital and he was doing 'pop offs' you use to laugh that hard your oxygen levels would go down. But how good was it to see you laugh. Kaliesha is now at peace and not suffering anymore, and like her nanna said, she is chasing the 18 butterflies that she had just 2 weeks ago. So you go catch them girl!! You will be sadly missed, but we know you are in a better place. Our prayers and thoughts go out to her wonderful family and we wish them comfort and peace. Love the Hidding Family UPDATE: 12-3-04 Well the Wiggles were great....we had excellent seats three rows from the front directly in front. Our girls were one fo the first to get out the front and dance and they had a ball doing it. We did not make it to the picnic of the kids cancer support group as Olivia did have quite a bad cough and we thought it would be best to keep her away from the other children, I did take her to the doctor on the monday, but it isnt in her chest yet...she still has the cough today. On Thursday we got a parcel all the way from Colorado, and what a suprise the girls got. Kaitlyn got a beautiful fairy outfit from the Olesen family and Olivia got a cheerleader outfit, and me I got a gold chain with two hearts on it, (so that i can carry my two girls hearts close to mine) Isnt that just so thoughtful, and wonderful people....Thankyou very much the Olesen family for that, I will post a photo in her photo album for you all to see. Mum and dad have just come back from a trip across Australia, they drove across the nullabor to Melbourne and up through Mt Hotham and the Barossa Valley and back home, they had a wonderful time, and came back and spoilt the girls. Apart from that we have a quiet couple of weeks we will be having a garage sale soon, and christmas is just around the corner, which we have nothing planned for yet, just take it as it comes this year. Enjoy it at home or the beach, with Nanna and Poppa. Well that is all from us, Love and Prayers Yvette and Mark and Kaitlyn and Olivia UPDATE: 11-26-04 On Wednesday we had kaitlyns 3 month checkup. We got the results and it is ALL CLEAR. Well they only did a chest xray and bloods. Her bloods are excellent and her chest is too....We have alot to be thankful for and God has defenitly answered our prayers. Kaitlyn is doing well, but they couldnt give us an answer to this side pain that she is having, they did some extra tests for the pancreas and liver function...but apart from that they just said that we need to keep an eye on it and if it becomes regular to go back. Our next visit is end of January. This weekend we have Kids Cancer Support group Christmas party, which should be good, we will be catching up with some of our freinds. Also Today Saskia, the play lady from PMH is leaving. Saskia we saw you on Wednesday and told you how much you meant to us, we meant every bit of it and wish you well. Next week we are off to go and see the Wiggles, which is going to be great. Kaitlyns wish was to see the wiggles last year so to have the opurtunity to go again is wonderful. We have the CHildrens Cancer Institute to thank for that. They do all the research etc, and have offered to send some children to the wiggles. Lucky hey! Apart from all of that, mmm let me see, Everyone who reads this, like from freinds from caringbridge pages, i do read you all regularly, just do not leave messages in your guestbooks. Why? My computer is sooooo slow and it takes me forever to get into the gguestbooks, especially the big ones...so sorry but i do always see how you are all going and check in on you. Love Yvette Mark and girls Kaitlyn and olivia UPDATE: 11-22-04 Things are going ok...sorry we havent emailed for a while. Two weeks ago Dadda had his 30th Birthday and it was a great night had by all. A fansy coctail party and everyone dressed up. That week i had a miscarriage....my first and i was 8 weeks pregnant. It was not in the Lords plan for us to carry this baby full term. It was a little sad, but our life continues on and we are doing well. Last Thursday i picked Kaitlyn up from school and the teacher said she had been crying with side pain...when i got to her she was really crying and it was hard to see. It is the pain that is on the side where she has had the surgery and she has had this pain before. Man does it freak me out each time though, We have a checkup on the 24th of November that is this coming wednesday, and we are praying for clear scans and i will be asking them about the pain in her side. Could it be scar tissue? Who knows..... Apart form that we have had multiple family over from Tassie which was great, busy but great. Well that is all from all of us, we are really enjoying our family time and the motorbikes at the moment. Love you all Yvette UPDATE: 10-20-04 Last week Kaitlyn had her camp quality..She had a wonderful and exciting time and came home rather tired. Her companion had a wonderful time too, and they seemed to do a lot of things. While kaitlyn was at camp Olivia got her teeth repaired. She did rather well and slept for most of the day...she was a little grumpy as they were rather sore but she did well. On Tuesday morning kaitlyns grandparents from Tasmania came over and they will be staying with us for 2 weeks. Also her Uncle and Aunty and cousin Bohdan are also over. (not staying with us though) So for the next couple of weeks we will be busy.. but it is nice to have the In Laws with us for a while and it is great for them to see that kaitlyn is looking a picture of health. Apart from all of that things are going well..Still thinking of Zoe, a local girl with ALL, and Kaitlyn a local girl with NB, and we are also thinking of Jessica Welsh who is not real well at all, who is suffering from relapse of NB. Another little freind who we knew from PMH who went through treatment of NB the same time as us has just found out that she has relapsed also. 'Grub' or Kelisha Siddons is her name and she needs your prayers. Love you all and speak to you soon..Yvette UPDATE: 10-7-04 Last weekend we had a long weekend...We had a wonderful time we went and camped in the dunes on the beach in lancelin. The girls were great and had a wonderful time playing and motorbike riding. Mark and I really enjoyed ourselves and it was a great break. Nanna and Poppa came up for one day just to say hi. Just asking you all to think of our freind Kaity who is having test this week..she also has not been too well...Thinking of you Colleen and Kaity and the kids!! Love ya. Apart from that school holidays have been fun..Kaitlyn has been busy everyday and last night she had a freind come and have a sleep over. Next week is the BIG camp which she is counting down the sleeps too. So it will be very quiet here next week. Olivia is getting her teeth repaired next week up in Perth - under GA at a Clinic. Apart from that we are all healthy and doing rather well..THankyou all for checking in. In the next couple of weeks it may be not so many entries we are getting the inlaws over from Tasmania. (In which case i will be busy) UPDATE: 9-29-04 Well it has been awhile again.. Things are going well...it is nearly the end of another school term...yeah, I love the school holidays no rush to be anywhere and the girls love time at home together. Kaitlyn is doing well..she has scared us a few times lately...dropping to the floor holding the side where she had the nephrectomy (scar) and falling down screaming....mum mum but then she goes to lye down and it goes away after about 5 min. I rang PMH the other day becuase i got a real scare...I spoke to Micheala and she said to keep an eye on it, but becuase kaitlyn is well otherwise, eating and no temps etc it doesnt sound concerning. Does anyone know if a scar tissue can cuase pain? It was a little freind kaitlyns birthday yesterday you can see her page on www.caringbridge.org/ne/kaitlyn and wish her a happy birthday she would love it. Kaitlyn has her Camp Quality Main Camp in the second week in the holidays...you have no idea how much these people do to get these kids to camp...they do an outstanding job and it moves me everytime i think about the generousity that we have had since kaitlyn got sick...We can never thank them enough for all the volunteer everts and the money that these people do to get a smile on a precious childs face...THANKYOU CAMP QUALITY After the school holidays we have a load of reletives coming from Tassie...we have my husbands parents, my sister in law (who married my brother)..She is my husbands sister..make sense..and my husbands younger brother and thena few weeks later his older brother...It is Marks 30th Birtdhay in November so what better reason. My brother is also an artist and he holds an Annual art exhibition here in ROckingham...his name Brendan Buist...if you are ever looking. Anyway i better go and get ready to do some things...Thankyou all for chekcing in on kaitlyn Love Yvette and Family UPDATE: 9-10-04 Its been a while again..but that is the way the weeks have been going. Apart from a cough and common cold that we have all had we are all doing fine. We bought the girls a four wheel motorbike which we have been taking out on the weekends and the girls are absolutly loving..the are have a wonderful time on it and it is good to see that the girls are having fun together. We apologise for not checking in to our freinds regularly but my time on the computer has been less now a days due to the good run that we are having. Thinking of you all and praying for many Love Yvette and Family UPDATE: 8-25-04 OKAY.. It has been ages hasnt it... Today we had a checkup a three monthly one..AND......we are ALL CLEAR...we would like to thank everyone for their prayers and we Thank the Lord for everything..for Kaitlyns health and the year that has gone by. Kaitlyns bloods were excellent White cells 8.3 Hm 125 Platelets 307 Red Cells 4.57 Neutrophils 5.6 We will need to be on three monthly checkup for a while still as Kaitlyn didnt finish her protocol due to toxicity to Actynomicin..I guess they are doing that as precaution..which i am comfortable about anyways. Kaitlyn is doing well in the height and weight...height 112.3 and weight 23.20kg..WOWO Apart from that the weeks have been busy we have had many birthdays..which we enjoyed celebrating... The next couple of weeks are quietish..and we hope just to enjoy our time at home and the health that our two daughters have..we are lucky to be enjoying their precious life and we are sooooo thankful for this. Kaitlyn has just been put to bed and says she doesnt like school cause when she has to colour in between the lines she never has time to finish..heheh (perfectionist) After a exhausting day...i will say goodnight to all. Oh caught up with Mitchell and his mum who has had another boy Ethan..congradulations!! Love to all Yvette UPDATE: 8-04-04 Ok, said i would update..just had a busy weekend. Olivia is doing rather well we are giving her 10ml of Fergon a day and 10ml of Parachoc a day...her poooping is back to normal, and so is she nearly anyway...so that was all a little scare, but hopefully we are back on track... Thankyou to everyone who was concerned and left us little notes and messages. And thankyou for your prayers... Kaitlyn has started back at school and today they are having a teddybear picnic..so they had to take a snack to share. She is good, but very tired after 2 full days at school, well back at school last week after 2 weeks holidays, and not half days any more full days..missing out on her beloved afternoon sleep...when she is home she has a nap everyday still for an hour and a half. She has wednesdays off, which is good, a quiet day and a sleepy day. On Friday this week she will stay home, as we are going to catch up with Colleen and Kaitlyn at the Funstation, here in Rockingham. We havent seen them since there wish trip and i am looking forward to it. Friday is also Poppas birthday. Saturday is Aunty Demis birthday, who has now booked to move over to Tasmania she will be leaving on the 15th November for a indefinate stay. Next tuesday is Mumma birthday...28...oh no..and on the 24th of August it is Olivias birthday. Please think of us on the 25th August when we go for scan and ultrasounds after this check up it will go to 6 monthly not sure that is a good thing or not. Thinking of you all....Yvette and Mark UPDATE: 8-2-04 Ok, said i would update..just had a busy weekend. Olivia is doing rather well we are giving her 10ml of Fergon a day and 10ml of Parachoc a day...her poooping is back to normal, and so is she nearly anyway...so that was all a little scare, but hopefully we are back on track... Thankyou to everyone who was concerned and left us little notes and messages. And thankyou for your prayers... Kaitlyn has started back at school and today they are having a teddybear picnic..so they had to take a snack to share. She is good, but very tired after 2 full days at school, well back at school last week after 2 weeks holidays, and not half days any more full days..missing out on her beloved afternoon sleep...when she is home she has a nap everyday still for an hour and a half. She has wednesdays off, which is good, a quiet day and a sleepy day. On Friday this week she will stay home, as we are going to catch up with Colleen and Kaitlyn at the Funstation, here in Rockingham. We havent seen them since there wish trip and i am looking forward to it. Friday is also Poppas birthday. Saturday is Aunty Demis birthday, who has now booked to move over to Tasmania she will be leaving on the 15th November for a indefinate stay. Next tuesday is Mumma birthday...28...oh no..and on the 24th of August it is Olivias birthday. Please think of us on the 25th August when we go for scan and ultrasounds after this check up it will go to 6 monthly not sure that is a good thing or not. Thinking of you all....Yvette and Mark UPDATE: 7-27-04 Just a quick one.. Olivia did reall well on her ultrasound, even the guys said she did really well. Scans were ALL CLEAR, and we are going back to the dr tomorrow about a plan for the anemia. That has set my mind at ease for now, hopefully we dont end up with any more trouble Please remeber another local girl ZOE with ALl she is in hospital at the moment with temps. Also remember Kaitlyns mum Colleen who is not well with the gastro, hope you get better soon Colleen. Kaitlyn (our kaitlyn) is well and will be starting the next school term on Thursday. Update tomorrwo after the Doctors. God Bless Yvette UPDATE: 7-26-04 Ok...well this site is becoming abit of Olivias page too...but she is the one who is needing our prayers right now. Kaitlyn is doing well..she is a little off her food at the moment, and has a cough..but no fevers and generally ok, just on the quiet side. We are planning to go back to school this week, as they have just been on two weeks holidays. As far as Olivia, well i went to the Peadritrcian (i think i spell that different each time) and we took an xray of her abdomen and her bowels were full and blocked. WE were then admitted to Rockingham hospital to give her 2 litres of this liqued to flush the bowels. They also did blood tests for some virus's etc. The flushing was supposed to take just one day but took two. The blood tests that we have back so far show that she is eneamic, we havent got the other ones back yet. On tuesday they will be doing an abdo ultrasound to make sure nothing else is down there, and then i should get the other test results back..So we need your prayers that there is nothing serious. As i have said before i seem to be a barer of bad news, it is just the way our lives seem to be panning out. I am not sure what Gods purpose is in all this, except hopefully to make our family unit stronger and we as people stronger in our faith and stronger as people. Please remember Teegan a freind of ours from PMH she has been spiking temps and has gone back up to PMH for bone marrow tests..they say she has 85% bacteria in her blood when a 'normal' person has ab0ut 10%. Please remeber her. I will update later in the week hopefuly with some good news..Love Yvette and Family To Colleen, thankyou for caring and ringing to see how we are..I realllyyyy appreciate it and like i have someone to talk to who understands what we are going through...the fear of a mother..Please do not worry...Love ya!! UPDATE: 7-19-04 7-17PM hello, I think we had a scare last week with kaitlyns pain in her side..it only lasted that day but it was a little concerning as it was enought for her to not want to do a lot causwe it hurt. So that has past with no further developments, and i guess we will have to wait till our next scans on the 25th of August..unless..well yes!! This week Mark took a day off and we took the girls to Scitech and science place where the kids have hands on for everything..they loved it..it just got really busy and the girls were tired by 12.30 so we went home. Friday night Olivia started vomiting and went every half an hour all night...there are alot of bugs going round at the moment so more than likely it was jut that. I did end up bringing her to the local hospital though cause she has started spiking temps and crys about her bottom all the time...this has been going on for about a week..the pain in her bottom and feeling like she has to poo and doesnt....charming topic...the pain in the knees are still there intermitantly....I WILL be seeing a Peadetritian on Wednesday to see what she says about it all.. Apart from a few sleepless nights things have been ok..Olivia is watchnig tv in bed right now and Kaitlyn is outside playing.. We wish you all the blessed sunday....Love Yvette UPDATE: 7-12-04 Well not much is happening really, we did a load of painting to the house on the weekend which we were glad to get finished. We have just started the school holidays which is going to be fun i guess, i will have to plan some visits. Next week i have to make a meal for PMH for the current parents staying there. So that will be my chance to go up and revisit the place...in a eery sense I miss it not so much the place i think just the people who are there, the ones you can talk to and they understand cause they are going through the same, i think it is just the level of understanding that you get from the people you meet on 3B and once you are out, you loose all that, I think that is sad. Kaitlyn has complained of pain in herright side which has got me a little concerned today, we will be watching her like a hawk tomorrow, and the next day.. Apart from that I pray that you all are coping in your own little way, and May God grant your children the healing they need...Love Yvette UPDATE: 7-4-04 Not much to report on lately, Kaitlyn is well. We got her first school report on Friday and may we say we are thrilled. She has done really well considering missing a fair bit of Semester one. We are proud to be her parents. One more week of school and then we have mid year break up for 2 weeks and then back into the school term.. So from us things are going smoothly..with continued prayer... I would like you all to remember all the children that are on caringbridge, I have links to very few kids, there are soooo many more out there that are fighting, think of Kaitlyn (our little freind) I think of Cheyenne, who i read the the Children of the Promise site, I think of Katia, and there are two little girls from the same hospital that we got to who are trying to battle, Ebony and Jess. I often think of the other children that were in at the same time as us but we have lost contact, Think of baby Mitchell and Kelesha...there are so many of our prescious children who are fighting, and I would like you to know that they are all in our prayers....I wish we were able to mention them all, Only God knows them all by name and is looking over them all. UPDATE: 6-23-04 Sorry its been a while again and i am not getting the chance to checkup on all my freinds as regularly as i would like..So i am sorry about that but do not doubt that i am not thinking of you all...I tend to loose track of time quite quickly. I took Olivia to the doctor on Monday with conguntivitis, and asked again about the pain behind her leg...he refered me to a physio...so today we went to the physio and she said there is something wrong even with her walking she seems to be throwing her legs forward....and she said we cant help i will refer you to a childs physio...so who knows how long that is going to take...throught the public health system..i am convinced it is not muscular though, but not sure what else it could be..Olivia did have a club foot when she was younger maybe that is all related...who knows...I wouldnt mind seeing a peadatrician i think and maybe getting a blood test to make sure nothing else is going on!!!! Apart from that Kaitlyn is really good...been attending school everyday possible and quite cherpy...she is missing out on a few afternoon sleeps and seems to be handling that quite well too. She is happy and enjoying being healthy i think. Like i said before i am thinking of you all just havnet had time to check up on you all...i will keep you updated with all...Our prayers are with all the parents who are helping their children through difficult situations and health problems...Love Yvette UPDATE: 6-12-04 Sorry it has been a week since update..time flys and before you know it you are a week behind. This week Kaitlyn is doing well and is at school ...her trip to the zoo went well and the weather was quite kind just a few showers. Apart from school and a bit of a weird week we are doing fine. My husband fell of a boat he was building on Wednesday and landed on concrete, from about the hight of the roof...the doctor thought he had broken his ribs and his knee cap...but after xrays all is fine it is all just very bruised and he is quite sore still today. He will be back at work on Monday on light duties. On Thursday my sister and her fiance broke up after 6 years of going out..The wedding was to be in December but has been called off. We have had her here alot this week as i want her to be 'looked' after and have some tlc. She is not coping the best and we are taking one day at a time. Then Friday i came down with another urinary infection, ouch!! I went to the doctor early as this is the third one in as many months. he is doing blood tests to make sure nothing else is going on..I am a little concerned as i have NEVER had these before and now am getting them regularly. If any one else suffers from them regularly please let me know and how to 'fix' it. Then Friday afternoon, you are going to say WHAT NEXT...Olivia came down with a fever and has been complaining of pain behind the knees...does anyone know if there are glands there? Or what it could be...she is a bit beside herself today and has been a bit of a handful...I am praying that it is nothing serious and that it could just be a viral thing. So that has been my week...so that is why i havent really had the time to sit here and update...I am also sorry to all my freinds for not checking in and leaving messages as i have not had the time this does not mean that i am not thinking of you all as i do this alot. I would like to congradulate my Oma on her birthday tomorrow and may GOd give you many more. Please remember our freind Kaitlyn who is still on treatment and has just been on her Make a Wish...Hoep you had fun guys..and hope you treasured every moment. So that is about all from me it is time to sit back and have a coffee and some chocolate i think...love YVette UPDATE: 6-3-04 Not much to report on today..things are going well and Kaitlyn started back at school. She has a trip to the zoo tomorrow but they are forcasting storms so not sure if she will be going. Please remember our freind kaity who is going on her wish and will be leaving tomorrow morning at 10.30 with her mum and brothers and sister and a few family freinds...please remember them and pray that they have a safe and wonderful trip. All the best Kaitlyn!!! Apart from that we are thankful that Kaitlyn is getting better and better and pray that she will only go from strength to strength now..The Lord has been close to us and has blessed us in many ways.. Remembering you all in our prayers..Love Yvette and Family UPDATE: 5-31-04 Monday Morning.. We were up and out of the house by 7.30am we had an appointment with the ENT specialist this morning in Armadale at 8.15am. He removed another big 'worm' as we will call them from her nose and she is on antibiotics for another week ..that makes it 4 weeks now on that stuff. BUT she is allowed to go to school. And seeing he was on time this morning we got back to Rockingham at 9am and i dropped her off at school straight away...boy was she happy to be there. Yesterday we went to Kaitlyns make a wish..she got all her tickets and had a animal farm at her house...we went there for a little while and wished them a safe and happy trip...Please remember Kaitlyn in your prayers..she is still on treatments...they are going on a much deserved break. Apart from that we visited some freinds from church after for coffee and my mum and dad came up at night for a coffee...but other than that that was my weekend...Oh i did see my sister for a little while on Saturday and she took Olivia for a swim at the heated pools. Today is pretty miserable weather and cold..but i am just sitting at home, and doing some things before i need to pick Kaitlyn up from School..Thankyou all for your ongoing support and prayers..Yvette UPDATE: 5-28-04 Things are getting better for us all...On Monday night Mark and I cleared out kaitlyns nose as the GP couldnt do it again she was screaming in his ear...so Mark got a suringe and a tube and we sucked it out..since then she has been eating well and drinking...she is getting a better night sleep as she is sleeping through the night. All in all she is getting better everyday and we are thankful she is healing hopefully next week we are ready to go to school. Her teacher gave her some work to do at home which is nice to have. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and prayers and thoughts to all who are having a difficult time at the moment. Love Yvette UPDATE: 5-27-04 Things are getting better for us all...On Monday night Mark and I cleared out kaitlyns nose as the GP couldnt do it again she was screaming in his ear...so Mark got a suringe and a tube and we sucked it out..since then she has been eating well and drinking...she is getting a better night sleep as she is sleeping through the night. All in all she is getting better everyday and we are thankful she is healing hopefully next week we are ready to go to school. Her teacher gave her some work to do at home which is nice to have. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and prayers and thoughts to all who are having a difficult time at the moment. Love Yvette UPDATE: 5-24-04 Ok bit of an update..It is monday lunchtime here....On saturday we took kaitlyn to the doctor...she was starting to get quite smelly, and sleep an extra lot. He said she had a secondary infection and gave us antibiotics. Then sunday morning she had a big BLOB in her nose we went back to the doctor as her smell was getting alot worse. Dr Jose removed a 4 cm large blob of muck (it looked like a worm) from her nose. She had a nose bleed after it and all seemed fine. After her afternoon sleep she had another one in the other nostril...AAnd she was starting to smell again. This morning I had an appointment with the specialist, who was running an hour late. When i asked him to remove the other one he had one little try and kaitlyn was kicking and screaming and he said oh she will just have to blow it out. MMM, not likely she cant even blow through her nose at the moment. So i have rung my mother in law who is a ex nurse and she said i should go to the GP to get it removed as it is an infection in the nostrils and that is what is causing the smell. Kaitlyn has to have another week off school and at home..Oh fun! She is pretty tired and not eating a great deal, although she did eat a sandwich at my mums a moment ago which is the first bit in a while. Will keep you posted..Love Yvette UPDATE: 5-22-04 We are doing well...Kaitlyn is pretty good and eating quite well. She has not been on pain relief for about 24 hours now, and is coping rather well. We do get some 'angry' moments where everything is just too much and she has a paddy. Who can blame her though. She is resting well at night and resting alot during the day. Man am i getting sick of the house walls though...not being able to go out is difficult..the 2 girls are starting to fight a little too. Oh well just the weekend and then we go to the specialist on Monday at 9.40 to see how things are going. Overall she is doing really well. Thoughts and prayers to all, Yvette UPDATE: 5-19-04 We are home and the operation went well. Kaitlyn had surgery around 1.30pm and was in recovery around 2.30pm. They put her asleep via the drip rather than the gas and she came out rather well. Her stats were a little low so they had her on oxygen for about 2 hours. After that she woke up and wanted chips and cheeseburger. The nurses were not going to let her but then they said the worst thing that can happen is that she will vomit. She DIDNT. The nurses kept walking in laughing cause they NEVER get kids who have had their tonsils out eating with in 2 hours post op. She then had a restful sleep and was woken at 6am by the nurses 'unplugging' her drip as she had drunk well through the night. We were in with 2 other girls a little older and they did not cope so well. One was vomiting and the other was in alot of pain. All in all Kaitlyn did really well and slept for 3 and half hours this afternoon and was ready for bed by 7pm. She is eating reasonably well (even if it is just coco pops and jelly) and drinking well. WE just have to keep up the Painstop and try make her rest. Thankyou all for your prayers and thinking about Kaitlyn. She is a little fighter and i think she has a high pain threshold / or she is just so use to having pain / sore throats and being around nurses and doctors. Again we remember that God is looking after us always and again he has looked after kaitlyn. Keep you posted. Love Yvette UPDATE: 5-17-04 MONDAY 17TH MAY 2004 Today Kailtyn is doing alot better...the temps have gone so it looks like we will be going ahead with the tonsilectemy tomorrow...Yeh hah! I am so relieved about that. Please remember the cancer kids especially Teena who will be going for a 3 month check up on Wednesday and please remember Kaitlyn who is currently doing battleing with NB and mum Colleen also needs the support. Also remember Kaitlyns brother who has just broken his collar bone. Please also Remember Teegan a freind of ours and her mum Karen from Orelia who doesnt have a site but she is still struggling with health issues as a result of her treatments... Also Shaun and his mum who are currently going through treatment at PMH thinking of you also. Better go and get the washing of the line before the next lot of rain...Thinking of you all...Yvette UPDATE: 5-14-04 Well this morning kaitlyn has woken up with more high temps...and you guessed it TONSILITIS..all white pussy spots on her tonsils..(sorry about the details) AGAIN...I am a little down today cause kaitlyn is quite upset that she has it again...it was only 4 weeks ago since the last..she just gets sooo sick with it and i am praying that the antibiotics will work for her today and that she doesnt need to be in hospital this time. The other bugger is that on tuesday she was suppose to be going to get them out..they wont do it if she has a temp.!! So i am praying that by tuesday the temp is gone so that we can get these rotten things out. I told her today that her tonsils keep getting sick and that the doctor needs to give her a small operation to take them out so that she never gets tonsilitis again..she was quite happy about that, that they were going to take them out. I explained that she will have a sore throat, but whats unusual for her anyways... Keep you posted..Love Yvette UPDATE: 5-13-04 Well you could have guessed it kaitlyn is sick again.... Olivia her sister has a snotty nose and a cough and kaitlyn has caught it...but with hers she has temps of around 39 degrees...Nothing is ever just simple with kaitlyn...this afternoon we are going to the aneathetist (however you spell it) about next tuesday.. I just hope that they dont say that they cannot do the surgery now cause she is not 100%. Do they do that? Or is it if they are really sick...I just pray it is not Tonislitis AGAIN! Not sure what they will do then. Apart from that they are just laying around watching video it took out from Blockbuster yesterday..now they are both in bed...I will update more later...Love Yvette UPDATE: 5-8-04 Well we got the scan results back on Thursday and the ultrasound is ALL CLEAR...we can breathe a sigh of releive for another 10 weeks..she has one more three month checkup in August and then we got to 6 month checkups.... She had a wonderful birthday that was filled with love and loads of pressies...she got heaps of 'girly' things which she absolutuly loved. Last night we were guests at a make a wish fundraiser, at the Mandurah Greyhounds...Kaitlyn had a ball and danced away into the night, we left there at around 10pm, (which for kaitlyn i think is the latest she has ever been out), but she had a ball. We did too and bombed it when we got home, I was very tired as we have had a busy week. Monday we are back at the ENT specialist to organise the paperwork for kaitlyns surgery next week Tuesday. Please remember all the mums out there this weekend and i am just wishing you all a wonderful mothers day...AND you are all doing a wonderful job and a loving job caring for your sick children....God be with you all and give you strength to continue.. Love Yvette UPDATE: 5-6-04 HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAITLYN....Today is her 5th birthday...she recieved lots of pressies and has a little party this morning..I will let you know how it goes tomorrow, Yesterday we had clinic and a 3 month checkup...Her bloods are great and all in the normal range..her chest xray was CLEAR!!!!! and we are just waiting on the ultrasound results which i should get them this morning Dr Mackayla was going to ring me this morning...So so far it all looks good...I talked to Marks mum and she said if there was anything going on it would show up in the blood.. But i will confirm it all tommorrow or tonight...But We are truly thankful that God has blessed us with another year with kaitlyn..although we have had some up and downs we are thankful for a 'better; year without the chemo...we thank God that he has given kaitlyn this year and pray for many more like it.. Praise the LORD... 'Praise the LORD, Oh Give thanks to the Lord, for he is Good! For his mercys endure for ever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can declare all His Praise?" UPDATE: 5-3-04 This morning we had to go to Armadale a half hour drive to see the specialist the Ear nose and throat...our appointment was at 9.30 so we left at around 8.45am. Dr Sakrapani was his name...and he went through kaitlyns history and i explained everything..he then examined her and agreed that her tonsils need to come out...See tonsilitis can cause an inflamation of the kidneys too if it is not treated right away or it gets servere and cause she has only one left the doctor did not want to risk it..they need to come out so that she doesnt get it again. He also looked up her nose...charming!! and her nostils are very narrow and congested..he will be 'burning' them at the same time to help her breathe through them.. We are going in on the 18th of May 2004..yes in two weeks time to have it done..It will be an overnight stay and a week at home with no contact with people for the chance of secondary infections. Mmmmm! Oh well i prefer it get done then not! Will keep you up to date and let you know how wednesday goes. (her 3 month checkup and scans)...Love Yvette UPDATE: 5-1-04 The week just gone kaitlyn has not been feeling the best..quite tired and pale..not sure what it is..on Tuesday she did not go to school cause she had a croupy cough..but has been ok since then. I sent her to school on Friday and the teacher said she did not want to do much..so i will keep an eye on her this weekend..she is VERY teary as well everything seems to upset her stuff that would never upset her. Please pray for us this week...Monday i need to go to an ENT specialist and Wednesday we have a 3 month checkup and scans for the wilms...I hate these days and I pray with all the others that it is all clear as the next day THURSDAY 6th May is Kaitlyns 5th Birthday. We hope we have good news and that will be the best birthday present we can give her. Actually the other day she said to me" I wonder what Jesus is going to give me for my birthday a sunny day or a cloudy day...and we left it at that and then she came back soon after and said" Mum you know that bestest birthday present i am going to get is that JESUS LOVES ME FOREVER." That brought tears to my eyes. And made me so proud of her and like we are told to have childlike faith...She inspires me! Please think of Craiggy, Kaitlyn, Laura, and all the other children who are suffering..I havent had a chance lately to check all the sites out i iwll do that soon...Love Yvette UPDATE: 4-23-04 This morning we went to visit our freind Kaitlyn...It was so nice to see her again with her hair starting to grow back...Colleen..your children are a true credit to you...they are wonderful! Apart from that the school holidays are nearly over..I myself have got a job over the holidays at Kaitlyns school as a teacher assistant to a special needs child..Kym her name is and she is 12 and has Otahara Syndrome...It is one day a week and will be a challenge but a great reward!! Apart from that we have been quite around home and just doing not much.... Thinking of you all and wishing you all the very best...We have a long weekend this weekend for the ANZACS...Lest we forget!! UPDATE: 4-16-04 Not much to report on which is great... Tomorrow we need to go and do a SHORT speach for the make a wish foundation..We are invited to the Mandurah bowling club and they are going to have an auction to raise money to help others get there wish.. Apart from that we do not have anything else planned but hopefully an enjoyable and relaxing weekend. Please remember our little freind Kaitlyn in your prayers she is currently in hospital with a bug in her line..they removed it today..so we pray she gets better soon. Love you all UPDATE: 4-15-04 Well i havent done any updating lately on what was happening last year...just have been too busy. But i may do some this afternoon while Olivia is in bed for her nap. We went to the ENT specialist on tuesday and they have decided to do a tonsillectimy...the waiting list is 10 months so i rang a private surgeon who is 30 minutes away and his waiting list is alot shorter so i will be going to hime for a second opinion anyways.. Apart from that Kaitlyn is doing well at the moment..we have a checkup of scans etc on the 5th of May a day before her 5th birthday so that will be a blessing if all is clear. I have now got a job at the school that kaitlyn goes to as a teacher assistant to a special needs child...I am thrilled and i start the job after the school holidays it is just one day a week for now but that will keep me busy...Anyway keep you updated love Yvette UPDATE: 4-8-04 Well where do i start...Tuesday pm after kaitlyns afternoon sleep she was quite distressed...she was having difficulty swallowing and i could not get her temps down with Panadol and Nurophen..I took her back to her GP and he refered me onto PMH hospital..Because we have been off treatement for some time now we have to go back through emergency. Well that is a story in itself..It took 4 hours and we got a 'ditz' doctor...he didnt really know what he was on about really and was going to send us home as an outpatient and on NO antibiotics cause he claimed it to be Glandular Fever!!!!!!! We asked for a second opinion and we got it we were admitted on IV penicillin and IV fluids as she was dehydrated. She slowly got better but even today once we are home she is still running low grade fever of 37.8 degrees and still has pussy tonsils..they say that it should slowly get better and have sent us home with oral antibiotics.. While we were in hospital they heard a heart murmer which they checked out and it only appears to be a flow murmer...she started to have diahrehha due to the antibiotics. We have been sent home for some rest and she has to be encouraged to keep up the fluids..On Tuesday we see a specialist to see what we do next. Please remember Kaitlyn our freind and many of the other children who we know at PMH who are going through treatment or learning of relapes. Love Yvette UPDATE: 4-6-04 Tuesday morning...Kaitlyn is still not any better...she is having trouble swallowing so i hope and pray the antibiotcis kick in soon..poor little thing. UPDATE: 4-5-04 Last night..Sunday Kaitlyn started with a headache and a temp..throughout the night she has been spiking temps and panadol is struggling to keep it down. This morning i took her to the doctor and she has tonsilitis AGAIN..I think this is the 7th time in the past year...I am going to buy Nurophen as i can alternate panadol and Nurophen that way we can keep the temp down, cause that is making her feel miserable. I now have some antibiotics so we hope that kicks in pretty quick..last time it took 5 days!! Well thats my week planned for me and next week we start school holidays for 2 weeks... Well i will keep you all posted...Love Yvette UPDATE: 4-1-04 No news is good news!! Well Mark and i went to Melbourne for 5 nights and my mum and dad looked after the girls..They had a wonderful time..It was the first time since kaitlyns dx that we have left them alone for FIVE nights!! We had a good break and now are back to normal life. Kaitlyn is doing well... Prayer is a powerful thing let us all unite together... UPDATE: 3-22-04 Sorry havent written for a while. Last Friday night we went late night shopping in Perth..Just Kaitlyn and i..My sister is getting married in Dec and Kaitlyn is the flower girl..so we went there to try on dresses..and she loved every minute of it. Apart from that not much has been happening..we are trying to stay cool as the last 2 days have been 40 and 42 degrees celsius..So it is rather hot..lucky for airconditioning. Tonight we went to the beach for a swim which the girls absolutly love doing..it is hard to get them home for dinner. Today we had a visit from Kaitlyns preprimary teacher..Kaitlyn is doing really well..The teacher was happy with her progress. The teacher asked if Kaitlyn has been affected by what she went through last year..I wasnt too sure how to answer that but i guess it has changed and affected all of us..I think Kaitlyn has become quite a sensetive person to other peoples feelings and has become very aware of her surroundings..eg different people strange places..she always is weary of what people are doing and will always question things..I think that is from her time in hospital when they are bombarded with strangers and strange things are happening to her. She is very aware of sick children but is very compassionate to them also...She is proud to be part of Camp Quality and shares her stories with her class mates. So I am proud of my little girl who has matured a great deal over the past 12 months. The teacher is also interested in getting the puppets from Camp Quality to do a little play for the kids at the school so that they understand 'cancer'. Kaitlyn I love you sweety..and I love your little sister Olivia too..You are a brave and wonderful daughter...and yes we thank the Lord everyday for the wonderful things that he grants us and provides us with. UPDATE: 3-17-04 Not much to report on at the moment..my sister had a dr visit on MOnday and the TB has come back all clear..she is no going to be tested for Giardia and if that comes back clear i dont know what they are going to do..will find out more on Friday probably.. Well please remember all our little cancer freinds and remember them in our prayers..God Bless you all.. YVette UPDATE: 3-13-04 I am asking everyone that reads this to remember my sister Demi in your prayers..She is 23 and has had tummy cramps and pains for a while now. In the last week she has become short of breath and a sick feeling and full tummy feeling..they did tests and on the ultrasound they founds some spots on her spleen..They are also doiong a chest xray and they are testing her for Teberculosis or TB...but with that she hasnet been complaining of a cough etc..So on Monday she will find out whether it is TB and if not they will need to do further tests... Please God be with her and comfort her and Ben (her fiance) Give us all the strength to be patient and pray the news is not too bad...AMEN UPDATE: 3-12-04 Today was the worlds biggest shave..(and tomorrow too) But Mark my husband and a group of his mates coloured there heads to raise money for cancer...he shaves his head every couple of weeks so we decided to colour it instead..It is a bright fluro blue!! Kaitlyn put a streak of blue through her hair too...it was cute she wanted to be a part of raising money as well. We raised so far about $ 200 ourselves which i didnt think was too bad..That along with lots of other people doing the same thing i am sure we raised a good amount..Thankyou to all who participated!! Apart from that we are all doing fine..thanks to God for looking after us and caring for us and giving us health again...Love Yvette UPDATE: 3-8-04 Well the antibiotics have worked well on all of us..Kaitlyn is good..still a little tired but her infections have cleared up.. My UTI has cleared up but the antibiotics have given me thrush and the rest...By the way i did try heaps of yoghart and those YUKULT drink with the good bacterias in them and nothing seemed to help. But they are finished now and i feel fine. We had a new kitchen put in on Saturday so things in the house were upside down..dust and rubble. Sunday I was feeling sick with a head cold and so we all just stayed home and took things easy. Kaitlyn went to school today for the first time in a while..and she was glad to go. She is wonderful at the moment..she keeps letting us know that she loves us and sometimes i wonder why she is saying it all the time..does she know something we dont!! She said the other day that she would love to go to heaven cause it is a better place then down here...i then explained to her that God will take her there when he is ready to have her...It just amazes me how children have such a innocent understanding of Jesus and our Lord. She is only 4 and half and already wants to pray herself even at the dinner table..and it is soo cute!!! UPDATE: 3-4-04 Sorry everyone for not updating the last couple of days. A number of reasons one a stupid mistake of mine...our internet provider sent me a warning the account hadnt been paid (the credit card was full) so i needed to go and pay that today so that i could get back on line and second I have been washed out with a urinary infection that has left me very tired and lethargic..the antibiotics are not agreeing with my bowels either... Kaitlyn on the other hand was at the doctor on Monday (a public holiday) and there is only one doctor surgery open in Rockingham on that day..with an ear infection and sinusitis (think that is how you spell it) she is now on antibiotics and the nose and ear have cleared up but she still has a nasty cough..We will have to just keep an eye on that...just dont want it going down to the chest!! So that has really been our week we have been home and resting up..Kaitlyn has not been at school and dont think she will go till next week..so that is two weeks off..what a good start to the year hey!! Well that is all today...Love Yvette and Kaitlyn UPDATE: 2-27-04 Today we had preprimary and i was parent helper at the school this morning..kaitlyn is still not much better but she hasnt been to school for a week so i thought i would take her in with me and just do a morning.. By lunchtime she was beside herself and so tired..I had dropped Olivia off at my mums so we picked her up and then went home and we all went for a sleep..Kaitlyn is sleeping around 3 hours at the moment in the afternoon and then is back in bed by 7.30pm..Should i be concerned? I dont know! should I..her cough is still not getting any better but it is not getting any worse yet either..guess we just hang in there. Tonight we had dinner at mum and dads which was nice as we hadnt done that in a long while..Much appreciated MUM!! Tomorrow is going to be a quite day and try and get kaitlyn rested and well again..Yvette CURRENT Wednesday, February 25, 2004 0:12 AM CST Well Kaitlyn is better today..still coughing but much better..we went and saw my cousins new baby 'Seth' today..and then we came home and the girls are no in bed fast asleep..peace and quite Thats all folks till next time ADDED: 2-25-04 Welcome to the site for Kaitlyn.. 7th December 2002 she was diagnosed with Wilms Tumour Stage 2 at the age of 3 and a half....we would like to share our experiences and our journey which is taking place..and hope you can learn and read all about our little princess.