Aimee managed a trip home to Dundee over the halloween weekend to visit a few friends but was soon exhausted. We have spent much of the past year with a lot of very ill childern where in comparison Aimee has been comparatively well. It became obvious that she had a long way to go to recover anything near her former strength.

She wants to be well so much and has to be reminded that every small step forward leads to a bigger one. It will be at least a year before she has regained a good measure of her former strength, it is now three months since her transplant and we are grateful that she has managed to stay out of hospital over the last month, visiting regularly for blood tests though

We are beginning to feel a bit more at ease in our routine now and even managing a few trips out. We were given tickets to see the Moscow Ballet in Sleeping Beauty at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall which we thoroughly enjoyed. Our son Leigh is taking us all by surprise in exploring his potential as a stand up comic and appearing at the Glasgow ” Stand” Comedy club.

Our next mile stone will hopefully be the completion of the 100 post transplant days in late November. We hope to have a short break then to celebrate and after that start count down to Christmas. We are very much looking to being home for Christmas.

Rosie Butler – Aimee’s mum

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