Immie turns 5 with HAIR!!!

Hi Peoples

Well had to update pictures from our gorgeous girl Imogen’s 5th Birthday. I wish I could say that I always knew she would reach 5 or that the last 5 years have been a breeze, though I can’t say I was always confident in these areas. I can say we are the proudest and most grateful mum, dad and brother of Imogen. She is the most amazing big lil girl, the way she has strolled, jumped, giggled, smiled and looked adorable through especially the last 2 and 2 months, has given us hope and strength. Thankyou Imogen for teaching us incredible lessons and showing us the strength we have personally and as a family together. We love you baby girl; you are our dreams and wishes for our future together.

Imogen’s day began with the morning alarm clock of Milly meowing at her door at 6.20am. Then presents, big hits were the musical box, the train set and the cd player. Waffles for brekkie. Then off to the pool for duck diving, backwards somersaults, bombies and birthday cake (of course). Home for the Granma and Granpa suprise...a new swing!!!. Lunch with my family. Then more playing with toys, then a delicious dinner of rice bubbles and lemonade – NOICE!!!. Immie did all of this while taking Accutane, herbal meds and amoxicillin (incredible kid).

Imogen’s big break from the resort was short lived...buggy wee equals UTI, caused us to returned and major antibiotics was begun. 3 times to the resort in three days...mmmm. Then back Tuesday to pick the antibiotics up. Tomorrow she has a kidney ultrasound to look for a reasoning of her UTI. Then Thursday speech therapy.

Kody has arrived home to an explosion of noise aka Immie. Kody had the best time at the Camp Quality Rock star camp, he entered the car blurted out in 15 minutes all the awesome stuff he had done then collapsed. Camp Quality and their supporters do an amazing job to bring laughter to the kids with cancer and their sibs. We missed Kody a lot, it’s incredible to realise how much he does for and with Immie especially when he is not around. I am sooo lucky to have two amazing kids xx.

Our aim to collect the baby Beans cord blood, has reached a few stumbling blocks. We have discovered the best place to have the collection is King Eddies, tho it has been a head ache as we need to be signed off from the hospital. Not too hard.. you would think, but because they would never use cord blood for Immie treatment the answer came back No. Together with our doctor we are now trying other ways to get it through. Unfortunately there is not a public cord blood storage facility, so the only way is to go private in WA and that is not the best solution when PMH would not even look at using the cells then. Now, we are hoping we never, never have to use these cells tho unfortunately we know kids do get sick and would feel better having the safety blanket. Time will tell...

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Photos of Immies Birthday click above.

Thanks for dropping pass again

Love and Hugs

Fee and the gang

P.S. Please surround Josh’s family “The Wisniewski’s” with love as the struggle through their hardest days. Thinking of you always Hannah, Peter, Josh and Anika xxx