Logan James Wilkieson
Today Mummy told me I have a Blog. Good! More toys to be washed! All my clothes and toys have to be washed before I can play with them. I push things out of my cot and then they come back clean.
Mummy said Uncle Phil had put my blog on a machine which people can read. Will it come back clean? Mummy told me Auntie Katie will put my words in to this machine, I hope they don't shrink!
Today I am in a big building with lots of nice people who keep talking and touching me. Mummy says these are nurses, I think I love my nurses. If I smile they come and talk to me, wait until mummy has shown me to blow kisses.
When I was born Mummy and Daddy forgot to give me a gene? This would have stopped me from getting a sore bum, mouth and eyes (Auntie Katie will tell you about this ( Auntie Katie - Logan has inherited a faulty gene, which prevents his own immmune system developing. Until now his body has been able to fight off diseases and germs as it had some of his mum's immune system in him from when he was born. Now this has gone and anything he get such as nappy rash, thrush in his mouth and conjunctivitus, which are all common in babies he cannot fight off) I don't want Gene in this cot with me, Mummy and Daddy look after me good. My Mouth and bum was sore, glad mummy remembered the right cream to put on
I did not like my milk and started to get hungry, Mummy and Daddy and me had to go and see a man who pushed a sharp bit in me and got some red stuff out. Mummy was told we had to go in a van with two men on a drive through the green fields to this building we are in with my lovely nurses.
Mummy and Daddy have told me I have to stay under my machine all the time (Auntie Katie will explain ( Auntie Katie - As Logan has no immune system, therefore no way of fighting off germs he is being kept in a sterile room. He has what looks like a big extractor fan over his area, this ensures the air he is in is sterile.))Mummy has said lots of people will visit me but they will have to stay behind the gate, its like being in a zoo (I don't know what a zoo is, but I have animals in my cot) Mummy said these people might have germs on them I hope these are toys.
Mummy, Daddy and Grandad are the only ones to come into my space, they MUST have clean clothes on and wash before touching me. They wear silly hats and aprons on which I try to get off.
I had to go in a van and go to sleep, when I woke up they had put some toys on my chest. These toys are for putting medicine in me and for taking red stuff out. My lovely nurses come and play with these, mummy and me counted three tubes.
Mummy and Daddy have told me I will lose my hair. This will stop Mummy using the machine that eats Daddys hair on me. Chemo will make me grumpy and poorly but mummy and daddy will be there, and my lovely nurses, after this I will get some more bone marrow (Auntie Katie will tell you, she is getting good at this( Auntie Katie - Logan is currently recieving steroids and antibiotics to get rid of any outstanding infections he has in his body. Once he is clear of infections he will begin a eight day course of Chemotheraphy this will destroy any existing bone marrow he has. He will then recieve a Bone Marrow transplant.))
I will be here for 4 to 5 months and miss my christmas but Mummy and Daddy have said that my birthday will be twice as good with two lots of toys and a party to see all my friends again. I will tell Auntie Katie what is happening to me so she can update my blog?
I hope you will all leave messages for my Mummy and Daddy to read to me.
Hugs and Kisses
Logan
Monday 15th October
Mummy said Daddy has gone back to work. But he will be here when I start my Chemo because I will be grumpy.
Still playing with nurses and with my food, good fun
Wednesday 17th October
Mummy had to go in van for some red stuff taken out. Granny visited me, we played hide and seek. granny hide behind the gate, I laughed and Granny liked it.
Thursday 18th October
Grandad came today. he is my Mummy's second helper, nurses had to show him how to wash, he's a bit old, washing must be hard to learn
He gave me my tea and I played around like I do with my nurses. I have to have a bath every day. Showed Grandad my toys on my tummy, Mummy has to put a glove over them when I have a bath
Friday 19th October
Nurses gave me breakfast today, she gave me a big bowl full. All my nurses and doctors will decide when I will start my chemo. Mummy said it will be 12 sleeps away before I am better, I have a chest infection thats why I have tubes going in me. Mummy said they are steroids, Mummy said Daddy needs some, they make you big and strong.
Daddy is looking after me on Saturday and Sunday so Mummy can have a rest. Nanna is coming on Saturday, hope Auntie Amy & Auntie Donna come too. Grandad, Granny and Auntie Katie are coming on Sunday. I will tell her any things Mummy has not told her.
Good nite
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This is the evolving story of our dear little Logan. We know that a lot of you are concerned about him, so please have a look at this blog regularly, and you will be able to see the latest news as soon as we are free to put it on.
