Elijah's Journey: October 2012

When I put pen to paper to jot down a few thoughts on what makes a good parent, these words come to mind... love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Minute by minute, hour by hour and from one day to the next, parenting can seem like a tiresome endlessness but if we choose to make these qualities a part of who we are then we can have hope for the future of our children. I read a quote recently. "A life that is too easy is not good for the soul." When we put our blood, sweat and tears into something our appreciation for a positive outcome would multiply that of any of which had been acquired with little or no effort.

I had one of those moments of immense appreciation recently when I came to pre-school to pick up Elijah on a Wednesday afternoon. I sat in silent disbelief as I watched a recording of Elijah taking his first steps without holding on to anything! This was it, this is what we have all been working towards and now here it was in front of me, one month before his 4th birthday! He had taken me by surprise and suddenly the door of possibility has been flung open wide. One of the happiest days of my life! Elijah has been attending Carlson pre-school for 2 terms now and I know for certain he wouldn't have come this far this quickly if it wasn't for all the great work they do with Elijah, I am so happy and so fortunate that he is there.

Another great day that we have recently celebrated is Elijah's 4th birthday. We had a lovely birthday party at the Manukau live steamers and invited all of his little buddies. Me and mum made him a train cake and she pulled out an old photo of my older brother's train cake at his 4th birthday which I thought was pretty cool. Elijah was happy and content with all the food and attention on him.

Looking ahead we have been given our 'Orthopaedic Surgery' date, Wednesday 17th October. This is the botox for his left calf muscle and cast under GA. This is to correct some/most of the tightness in his calf muscle that has progressively got worse over the years. It's my hope that it has a long lasting outcome and not just a temporary fix. Botox sounds like it's a relatively common treatment amongst the other kids that go to Carlson School, it usually wears off over a couple of months and requires ongoing treatment. Around the 14th of November is our next MRI and Oncology clinic... and I think that's about it for now.

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it.

Oh, and one last thing before I end. Elijah's daddy has a new website and we would love you to check it out and watch him on the clip if you haven't already... www.boye.co.nz

Thanks

Eleanor

First steps.

First steps at home (two days later.)