Family; Far and Wide

We've had so many wonderful emails today from family across the globe including Colorado, Southern Ireland, Dubai and Murcia! What did we do before email?

One of the emails was from Miss Gillian, the Head of Leo's school in Murcia. He settled very nicely into King's College in Murcia and it's made a massive impact on his life. We moved to Spain to help decrease a chest problem he had which made him blue around him mouth and gave him a cough which sounded like he smoked 40 a day. Within a few weeks, his cough had gone. The warmer climate allowed his allergy to moulds to clear up and these moulds are prolific in the more damp climate of the UK so we're hoping they don't return as it could be even more serious now his immune system is dampened due to the extensive chemo treatment.

However, what I wanted to say was that our aim for Spain was for Leo's health to improve (ironic, isn't it?). His health did improve. And yet, so much more happened for Leo over there, than can be purely written here. To think that King's College had such an impact that he would cry if he could not go at weekends, or if we said he could not wear his uniform at weekends!

King's College has also provided Leo (and PJ and I) with some lovely friends in the Pre-Nursery class with the amazing Miss Cara, Miss Jill and Miss Amanda as his teachers. He often speaks very fondly of his friends but especially about Martina and Lexi (both girls!), that it's sad he cannot be there on the days he is well in between his treatment. It would allow him to enjoy an element of normality amongst the crazy, unrelenting world of chemo, doctors, murses, blood tests, temperature checks and being wrapped up in cotton wool by a now, over-protective mother.

The awesome thing now is that King's College are going to do some fundraising for Clic Sargent, which says alot about the staff and students there, as well as their families. Miss Gillian, Leo's Head at King's College, described Leo as a vital member of the King's College family, and that's the key phrase. The school community at King's College is much more than just a bunch of young children, their families and teaching staff. It is family and one day, we hope Leo can return and build on the fantastic start he made to his time with this wonderful family. Indeed he talks of his friends there as brothers and sisters; now how many people can say that about their school?