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Today we headed back home after his latest procedure but not until after Shaylie had a good play in the starlight room.She wanted to hang out for a while because she doesn't know when she'll be back.I let her go for a while but i wanted to beat the afternoon traffic so i had to put the foot down at some point.It will be October before we are required back for more scans so that's a real good break for Kal.I guess now it's time for me to get back to work and start getting back to normal.I don't know how that will go but i will just take things as they come and hopefully things will fall into place.The main thing for me is that Kal is home and all the really tough parts are seemingly over.

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This morning Kal,Shay,Mum and I headed down to Sydney for the removal of his central line.You could say it's his last remaining link to his cancer treatment so it was a pretty big thing for us.It wasn't until late in the afternoon the he was finally called in and the procedure itself took around 20mins.He was a little upset just as he woke and was saying his throat was "tickley' but he said that he didn't feel any pain from the operation.He started to suck on a lemonade ice block but not long after he threw up big time.He did drink a fair bit of water as well to try and get rid of the tickle in his throat so that may well have been the problem.He seemed to feel so much better after it though and was up out of bed in no time.We moved out into a different recovery area where they continued to observe him.After an hour or so he was given the all clear to go but only as far as Ronald McDonald House.They didn't want him traveling too far so soon after the operation.It was pretty special to see him without his line and it must feel amazing for him to be without it.

Today Shaylie spent the whole day in the Starlight room because two of the cool captains were on today.She has a few faves and hangs out there all day when any of them are on.Today,and plenty of other days,it proved to be a god send for us because there is no way Shaylie would have been able to sit in the waiting room with us for as long as we did.I can guarantee though that they love having her there as much as she loves being there.

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On Friday I took Kal to the Golf course as he has been asking for some time to go for a hit.After a bit of a rough start(that goes for both of us) he started to come good and showed that in time his arm won't be a hindrance.He hit some nice shots but got a bit tired after 5 or 6 holes so we called it a day.It was just good for him to get a taste of it again.When we got home he told me that he really enjoyed getting back out there.I told him that for me it was great to see him out having a hit again.

Unfortunately because of her injury there was no soccer for Shaylie on the weekend.I'm not sure how her team went but they had a game on Sunday as well so she wasn't too impressed about the whole thing.On a positive note my old soccer team the mighty warriors had a break through victory on Saturday with a 3-1 win.It was there first win of the year and I'm sure it was celebrated accordingly.I was lucky enough to make a guest appearance in the win and would like to think i had some influence in the outcome.Whether that is true or not is another thing entirely.

Kallan's surgery to remove his central line has been put of till Wednesday after he was bumped off the list for Monday.We won't find out the time until 3 o'clock tomorrow for some reason so it may mean going down tomorrow afternoon and staying the night at Ronald McDonald House.Whatever happens,happens and as long as he gets his line removed i don't mind having one more night down there.

Results are in

Today Kallan and i headed down to Sydney to get the results of his scans.Mum came along with us as she had a present that she wanted to give to Ronald McDonald house.Shaylie couldn't come down today as she had an appointment at Maitland hospital to get her full cast put on.She has a pretty pink one on and she sent me a picture of it after she had it put on.Kal and i had a fairly short wait in clinic today which was good but even better than that was the news that the scans came back all clear with no sign of any cancer about.It was a great moment to hear the doctor say that everything is good.We have another trip back to Sydney on Monday for kal to have his central line removed.He can't wait for that.His next lot of scans are not until October so after Monday he'll have a decent break from hospitals apart from his weekly physio sessions.

More drama's

Due to some problems with the Internet i haven't been able to get on and do the blog in the last few days.In that time we've had another drama but this time it didn't involve Kal.On Sunday afternoon while i was at the club having a few drinks with some of my old footy mates i got a call from Karina to say that Shaylie had had a fall at the park and was in some pain.She'd fallen off the flying fox and the lady that was there and bought her home said it was a nasty fall and she was sure that she had heard a snap.We headed down to Maitland hospital to get it checked out and sure enough the doctor found a fracture.She's been in some pain the last few days but most of the time we've been able to keep on top of it.She still says that she can't believe she broke her arm.On Thursday she'll get her half cast off and have a proper cast put on.

Today Kal had physio down at Newcastle.He worked very hard and his physio team has come up with a lot of different exercises for him to try and break things up.He seems to be enjoying it which is great.

Busy few days

The last few days the kids and i have been out and about spending time together then yesterday it was back down to Sydney.I took them to see Hannah Montana on Tuesday(Shaylie has been hanging out for it) and i took Kal to see Harry Potter today.Yesterday Kallan had a PET scan at Westmead adults hospital and while we were there Shaylie spent the whole time in the starlight room.The PET scan is a pretty long process so Shaylie got to hang out for a good couple of hours.Before heading up to the hospital we called in to Ronald McDonald house to catch up with the staff and the few remaining families that we know.

Upon our return home Karina,the kids and I went out for tea to celebrate Karina's birthday.She had to work during the day but finished early so we could go out for a family dinner.It was really nice.

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Kal was discharged from hospital last week just in time to attend the last day of the school term.He went for most of the day and enjoyed being around his mates again,although i don't think he was too thrilled that i made him go for the last day.
On the weekend i went to watch Shaylie play soccer and Kal is finding it a bit hard to go to the soccer.He doesn't like watching at the moment but I'm hoping that will change with time.After soccer i headed up to a mates place at Tamworth to catch up and attend my god daughter's birthday.

Today we headed down to Sydney for some scans.We have another one on Thursday and then the following Thursday we head down again to see the doctor who will by then have the results for us.It will be a nervous wait for the results but we are thinking positively and haven't even considered a bad result