Counting our blessings

Last week I found out that a work colleague's 6 year old son Mattie, who both Cameron and Jamie were playing with just a couple of weeks ago, has been diagnosed with a cancerous bone tumor. The clinical diagnosis is osteosarcoma which apparently is very rare for a six year old. Mattie will have to have an aggressive course of chemotherapy over a period of 12 months as well as the surgical removal of the bone occupied by the tumor. Assuming the cancer has not spread then the prognosis is good but clearly the next few months are going to be challenging for Mattie and his parents Peter and Vicki.

Since hearing of this news I cannot help look at Cameron and Jamie and count our blessings. We have no idea what is around the next corner but today they are healthy and happy. And we love them more than it is possible to imagine and know that Mattie's story could so easily be Cameron's or Jamie's.

I ask that you all give a thought for Mattie, Peter and Vickie as in the absence of anything else I have to believe postive thoughts count. I have added their blog to ours (Mattie's blog) for anyone interested and we will continue to keep them in our thoughts.