Fundraising passes the $1000 mark!

Chantal, Wayne & Natalie on Sunday post run

As I mentioned in a previous post we have been overwhelmed by the support we've received to date and only 7 weeks in to this long journey we have already hit $1000. Chantal, Wayne and Natalie kindly offered to run the Great Ocean Road half marathon on Sunday in support of Celia and raised over $800 for Ronald McDonald house - Thanks!
We have also set up our own fundraising page with donations going to the Children's Cancer Centre Foundation (see 'links' section) and various other friends have been fundraising in the guise of lingerie parties, careers counselling, a Burpee Marathon at a local gym as well as others doing sponsored walks and 10ks. I felt compelled to join them so I've signed up to do my first 10k in about 6 years i.e. since having children, so I promise any donations received will help me train harder!

On the hospital front we had the brain scan this morning and after a session with a play therapist the doctors felt confident that She wouldn't need an anaesthetic beforehand. Anyone who has ever had an MRI will know that it's quite a daunting experience even for an adult and although she cried a few times, she was on the whole amazingly strong and very chuffed when presented with a Dora Bravery Certificate afterwards. Still no results back yet so will update in our next post.

Celia's mood continues to improve every day as does her walking so hopefully she will start to build up her leg muscles soon (I was shocked to see her legs waste away after only 10 days of inactivity). We had a lovely trip to the aquarium this weekend which is always a big hit with Celia and Max, and primary school open day season has kicked off so we now need to focus on Celia starting school next February like any other
 normal 5 year old.