Shelagh’s ALS Blog

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• 1. Steve  |  October 9th, 2007 at 8:04 pm

  First time on the blog, good to see and read all the positive and heartfelt words posted by those before me, have received your first email and will be returning in due course, am very happy that you have had a positive result to the first treatment, all of us here in Queensland are thinking of you and wishing you all the success that you so fittingly deserve. Great to see Mike, Pam, Emma, Rich, Angie, Frankie, Maddie and Willow, Mo and Terry wishing you all the same.
  Love from Steve, Elina, Ned, Stephanie, Yuri and Veronika oh and Nika!
  Cheers!!!,
  Shame about the Wallabies and All Blacks eh!!!

• 2. Suzanne  |  October 10th, 2007 at 7:58 am

  Well hello,
  I hope you get this!!!!
  Now for me to try and show Mum how to do it before they jump on the plane to see Maurice and Ella (wish me luck!!!)
  Keep on being brave we look forward to following you progress.
  Love to you both
  The Elliott’s
  xxxxxx

• 3. Mavis and Frank  |  October 10th, 2007 at 2:03 pm

  success thanks to Suzanne. Don,t know if you will receive thiis reply to your blog but does’t matteras I have had a lovely time texting you. Keep your chin up and we will soon be back to Vodka and orange .

  Love BR and HIM

• 4. Steve  |  October 10th, 2007 at 2:50 pm

  Just checking that my first comment has been posted, but alas it seems that this is not the case, I wonder how long it takes for the comment to be “moderated” then posted, nearly 24 hours now, but hopefully it will soon be up there. Anyway I hope that your day was a pleasant one, it was hot here today 32+ but fortunatly not too humid, family is doing well and send all their love and best wishes for you.
  Cheers
  Steve.

• 5. Richard & Angie  |  October 11th, 2007 at 7:29 pm

  Hi Mum (& Dad),

  Thanks for the update and the news about the first stem cell injections. Sounds painful, but if the outcome is positive then it’s worth the grief.

  Weather’s crap here – raining again. There’s a chill coming up from the South Island – very nippy.

  All are good here. Willow’s back at school and loving it. She wrote her teacher (Mrs Jessup) a note telling her how much she missed here, and how good a teacher she is. Mrs Jessup loved it. Willow also found one of Angie’s old shavers in the bin today, and thought she’d give it a go to “shave her legs like mummy does”. Ouch. I got home to a wailing child with a severe shaving rash and a couple of cuts…..nothing a good dose of Heal Aid and some cuddles can’t fix though, and she’s fine now.

  Maddie and Frankie are going great. Both competing all the time now, for anything, like food, the TV remote, toys, food, attention from mum and dad, shoes, food, music, food (did I mention food…….) etc etc.They’ve also moved into a very loving phase, where they keep toddling up and giving mummy and daddy kisses – they compete at that too.

  Angie and I are fine. Work’s fine – will send you a ‘normal’ email letting you know all that sort of stuff.

  Glad that you’ve made friends quickly and easily. It must be good to be able to have conversations (in English) with others who can relate to the situation and that you can share experiences with.

  Thanks to Steve & Lina, Emma, Frank & Mavis, Suzanne, Mike & Pam, etc for their blogs. Technology’s great huh? People from all around the world, all coming together, to deservedly focus on you.

  Look forward to your next blog and hearing how the treatment is coming along. Till then, hope you both take care and all of us here miss you both. By the way, try to get Dad to do one of those sizzling steak chinese meals in the microwave – I’ll be impressed if he can…..

  Till next time,
  RAWFM xxxxx

• 6. David and Carolyn  |  October 11th, 2007 at 7:34 pm

  Well if there is any room left on your comments page thought it was our turn!! We hope you have received all our emails, we know that you have got most of our txt’s. So glad to know that you are tolerating the treatment well and are getting lots of other therapy too. We all think of you each day and are counting down the days until you return. Keep up the good vibes. Love to you both from all of us (including Chelsea). XX

• 7. Terry & Mo  |  October 11th, 2007 at 9:44 pm

  Its great to hear that the treatment is underway; shame it has to be so painful.

  I guess anything to do with hospitals is. I have been told that I will have an epidural when they finally get to replace my knee, so I will have an idea of what mother’s to be have to experience, when they chose this form of pain relief.

  It’s great to see all the names of family and friends who we met when in OZ. G’day to you all.

  Shelah, we send our love and prayers for success with your treatment, and to you Mike, the shrength and humour to herp her through it all. love from Terry and Mo.

• 8. Graham & Gilly  |  October 18th, 2007 at 6:29 pm

  Hello from the U/K these B machines/electronic gadets infuriate me however it was good to read the comments and it would appear you are in good spirits. Shelagh you are constantly in our thoughts and we are looking forward to visiting you during our visit to Aus. we are renting an appartment close to Melbourne St. and just staying with Di and John the first two nights at Di\\\’s inssistance. We have had a wonderful September and October weatherwise, more sun than there was in July and August, but today I can feel the change and winter is not far away.

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