As we begin the school holidays I realised that I never actually posted about Natalie starting school! We are now three terms in and all is going very well. Miss moo has settled in very well and has made lots of new friends. She has a very experienced and dedicated teacher who has helped her come a long way in terms of her language skills, and she is also doing well with her reading and writing.

With the start of school came a reduction in all the early intervention therapy that has helped Nat get this far.  This also gave Alex some long awaited one on one time with his Mum! He coped very well with being cared for by his Nan and Pop or Aunties for the hundreds of appointments that we had over the past few years, but he is certainly enjoying having more time with me whilst Nat is at school.

We've recently re-commenced fortnightly speech therapy and occupational therapy just to give Nat a bit of a boost before we start the transition to mainstream school. We were pleasantly surprised at parent-teacher interview when we were told that Nat is doing so well that she can start at our local school one day per week from the start of term one next year! We've chosen the school and have started to talk to Nat about the transition. Exciting (and daunting) times ahead!

It's already almost the end of September and before we know it I'll be posting about end of year school activities and Christmas.  Before we get to that we have to get through November, our month of annual check ups which will involve a blood test and appointments with her oncologist, renal specialist and dental clinic.  Not looking forward to all of those appointments, but we are looking forward to reaching December when we can celebrate FIVE YEARS IN REMISSION! 

Hard to to believe isn't it?