Easter Saturday

Day 36. Easter Saturday. Counts down a bit again today, bummer. However, my platelets are starting to hold a little better, so all is not bad. Kristen and Aimee arrived from Forbes tonight, which will be nice. Thanks for all the comments everyone. I'd better answer a few of your questions. Elly, yes, it probably was you I was chatting to. It could have been Josh Bennett, or even Kristen, or anyone of another fifty people, but it was probably you. Hi Carly. You wanted to know when I could have visitors. That's a tricky one. I can have visitors, but I just have to be really, really careful. Anyone who comes to visit me can't have a cold, a runny nose, a sore throat or anything resembling an ailment. They can't have had a virus within the last month, or have been with anyone who has. They should not feel unwell at all, and if they do visit, they must wash their hands before they come in, and I can only have a maximum of two visitors at a time. The fact is, that my isolation will continue for the next few months, even though I wont be in the isolation room. The bottom line is, if you have any doubt, don't come. Otherwise, when are you coming? You should check with Mum and Dad before you come, just in case I'm feeling a little off, or I've had a set back or something. I've been allowed out to go to the unit both yesterday and today, but each time I got there, I didn't feel too flash, so I retreated to the safety of the hospital. I am improving, but it's going to be a long and slow mountain road. Below is me laying in bed waiting for my transfusion to finish so I can get out for a while, giving myself eyedrops, and, at right, riding out of the ward on the bike for the first time in over a month.