2007 April « Aria MacDonald

Close Up came to interview us on Monday.  They are planning to air the interview next week sometime hopefully.  We will let you know.
 Aria is getting very clever.  This morning our internet wasn’t working and I did this angry grr sound and Aria copied me!  I did it again and she did it again!!  She [...]

Wow - we had two visits to Starship ED and weren’t admitted either time! This is a first for us as we normally end up being admitted to the ward. Aria has a cold virus but they are concerned that it might move to her chest and turn nasty.
The thing we like about the [...]

The Snazzipants Auction was a hit!!
They raised over $2,000 for Aria!!!
We are so blown away by peoples generosity!!!  There were people that donated items and people that bid online and in person.  And finally and importantly the brains behind Snazzipants- Pippa and her lovely supportive family who did all the hard work to organise it all!  A [...]

This Friday the 20th of April will be the date of our first public fundraising event!! Snazzipants, a reusable nappy company, are opening their very first retail shop. For the opening event they are holding a fundraising auction with the proceeds going to Aria.
Generous people and companies from within the cloth nappy community have been [...]

Tonight we had a bit of a tough reality check about the realities of a transplant situation.
While we were in hospital the last few weeks Anita made friends with the lady across the hall from us and their wonderful little girl Lara. Lara is in quite desperate need of a Liver transplant, an organ which [...]

Miss Aria is happy and healthy and home in time for her first Easter!
We are so grateful to be home, it was a really difficult time for us.  Thank you to everyone who visited, provided meals, presents, text messages and cards!  It means so much to us and makes the time in hospital just a bit better!  [...]

Well Anita was sweet talking our Dr today and it looks like we may get to go home before Easter. To get to that stage Anita has to learn how to do IV Antibiotics so we can do it at home. It sounds like we need 2 more weeks of antibiotics to get this thing [...]

Yesterday Aria and I where sitting on the bed. The nurse came in and her and I were chatting. Suddenly out of the blue Aria said ‘hello’ or it sounded more like ‘ello’. The nurse jumped for joy and was very honoured. It took me a couple of seconds for it [...]