Hi All

Just a quick update - life has been so busy lately (end of year madness) and I have not had a minute to sit down and update the blog in about 2 weeks!

Nikki has been doing well, although she's been experiencing lots of headaches lately. She feels quite nauseous on the new oral chemotherapy. Being the funny person she is - she remarked the other day..."Oh guess what, I forgot to tell you the great news about this new drug....Hair loss is not a side effect!" Wonderful! - now that radiation has done away with her shiny locks, she happens to find herself on a drug that has no hair loss as one of it's main selling features!

Through the generosity of some of our wonderful friends in the Valley, Nikki has started horseriding again (her dream) at SARDA (the South African Riding for the Disabled Association) after much negotiation with her doctors. She seems to be fine apart from her ankle joints taking a bit of strain. She was walking around on their most "bomb proof" horse last Thursday and almost managed to fall off when something fell over in the corner of the field and the horse spooked. She zoned in on the neck strap and hung on with all her might. All she could think was "You CAN NOT fall". The bones in her neck are so brittle and weakened now after all the chemo into the bone that falling could have very serious consequences. But it just goes to show that it doesn't matter how "bomb proof" a horse is, it is still another animal with a mind, will and emotion all of it's own!

We celebrate both Adrian and our Mom's birthdays in the coming week (both on Thursday) and Daniel's at the end of the month. Then, Nikki and Adrian's 10th wedding anniversary is coming up on the 3rd December. Daniel, Megan and Sydney are doing their annual Nativity Play on Saturday morning which they have been practicing hard for and which they are so excited about. So it's go, go, go.

For anyone who would like to join the weekly prayer meeting at VCC for Nikki, the time has been changed to 5.30 am every Tuesday (so that more people can make it).