Twins

Last week, Donovan wanted he and Malcolm to dress up as "twins". I have matching jeans and a T-shirt for them so got them dressed - Donovan was quite thrilled. I don't think Malcolm noticed. Donovan had fun making funny faces for the camera and Malcolm, as usual, enjoyed playing with his big brother.

The fifth round is underway. Malcolm is getting a very high dose of one of the chemo drugs (Ara-C, also known as cytarabine). He will get 15 times as much as he did in any of the previous rounds. The good news is that he only needs to be hooked up for three hours at a time twice a day for two days this week and two next to receive it. He will also receive a couple of injections of another drug, L-Asparaginase. He has received two three hour doses already and it does not seem to make him feel ill at all so that is really great. He has lots of energy and a decent appetite.

My computer is broken so it may take me even longer than usual to respond to emails but that does not mean that I don't enjoy receiving them!

Many thanks to everyone who has made us food recently - it has been very helpful.

Mary Ellen