Update 4/4/09

From Andi:

Hello everyone,

The Hamilton Family has had a great couple of weeks. This is all due
to Tim feeling so much better. The side effects from radiation
haven't been as debilitating as chemo, so Tim has been able to enjoy
some special family time, the most significant being Joshua's 5th
birthday. We had a small party for him with some kinder buddies,
where we had wild action zoo come to the home to give an 'Insect - a -
mania & mini beasts' show. Josh and Tim just loved it, as they share
a massive fascination of spiders, insects and bugs etc......(See
photos below) In the evening we celebrated with family, which was so
lovely to have everyone together. With a rest in between parties and
having radiation at the crack of dawn, Tim made it through the whole
day and we both had a smile on our face from start to end!

So, Tim has stood up to 3 weeks of radiotherapy to the chest extremely
well. Head aches and nausea have subsided and he is now just dealing
with a sore chest and throat and some heartburn and fatigue.
Apparently, the radiation continues to kill his cells up to 3 weeks
after the treatment ceases....so we will see how he goes. From
Tuesday 7th of April, Tim will be having a short break from treatment,
before recommencing with radiotherapy daily for 2 weeks to his brain.

We wish you all a great Easter break.

With love from,

Andi, Tim, Josh & Ben








From the Admin:

Apologies for the delay in posting this update - I've been away for the last week. If only I could teach Hammo to post these updates himself......

Things have been happening since last post. A bank account has been set up for those of us who would like to contribute financially to help the Hamiltons - the details are:

Enrico Peter Belli in Trust for Hamilton Charitable Fund
ANZ BSB 013-423, Account No 549041424

Once I'm a bit more organised (sometime this week) I'll set up a paypal link to this account and post it on the blog to make donations easier for everyone.

Cheers!