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September 20th, 11 – Jake 53
/ September 20, 2011
Dear Friends, We have not written since Jacob’s funeral and wanted to write just once more to thank you all so much for your kind sympathy and support. As you can ...
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February 18th, 10 – Jake 14(2)
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Just after I sent the last one we were given the unwelcome news from the CT scan that Jake has two areas of infection on his brain and some swelling which is the probable cause of the ...
February 18th, 10 – Jake 14
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Sorry today’s news is not good. Having thought that the roller coaster was slowing down after a week in intensive care and the gradual control of his lung infection, Jacob has now been ...
February 13th, 10 – Jake 13
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Thanks again for many kind messages and gifts. You’re all so good at thinking of positive and uplifting things to say, we know how difficult it is and really don’t expect ...
February 12th, 10 – Jake 12(2)
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
I hope this is not too much information too often for you. It’s hard to pitch it right, so please don’t feel burdened by too much and please don’t think you have to ...
February 11th, 10 – Jake 12
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Do we dare feel some cautious optimism here? Jake’s white cells (the ones that fight infection) are up a little bit. Although he is still totally dependent on the various ...
February 10th, 10 – Jake 11(2)
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Dear All, We have decided to write a quick daily update on Jacob’s condition because it is so hard to keep up with the calls and texts.  Please don’t feel you have to reply. ...
February 9th, 10 – Jake 11
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Our dear friends. not good news at the moment; we are afraid. Jake has had the most appalling few weeks and is currently in intensive care in a critical condition having serious ...
February 1st, 10 – Jake 10(2)
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
We are sorry to tell you that Jacob has had a sudden and very strong reaction to one of the drugs that he has to take which has left him in a deep and dangerous depression. He is  ...
January 10th, 10 – Jake 10
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Please could you pass on many thanks to Lovanne and Carl Whatley for the very kind parcel for Jake. He especially liked the holding cross.  A friend lent him one when he was first ill, ...
December 18th, 09 – Jake 9
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Christmas 2009 Dear Friends, Please imagine you have an immense, love filled, fluffy, wise men and robin bedecked card arriving on time on your doorstep for christmas, that bursts into ...
November 26th, 09 – Jake 8(2)
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Dear friends, A brief update about Jake’s and our progress in the last month is well overdue. He has been at home for most of the past month now after our scare of late October. Jake’s ...
November 5th, 09 – Jake 8
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Jacob is relieved to have a week’s break from chemotherapy and instantly felt better. He hasn’t had another seizure but of course we are all very nervous in case it happens ...
October 27th, 09 – Jake 7(3)
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Dear everyone, Jacob’s first bout of treatment in hospital ended in the remission that was hoped for. He had a couple of weeks break and has now started the next. These 4 weeks of ...
October 15th, 09 – Jake 7(2)
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Dear Friends, Just an update since we have not written for a few weeks, largely because nothing new has happened. Jake has been continuing with a very intensive burst of Chemotherapy – ...
October 1st, 09 – Jake 7
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Jacob is doing well. He has had 2 1/2 weeks off chemo and felt tired but well and has had a lovely time with friends and family pushing the limits of what is allowed for a boy that ...
September 24, 09 – Jake 6
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Dear Friends, At last some good news – after the gruelling week we described in the last letter we needed some – Jacob’s intensive chemotherapy for five and a half weeks has left him in ...
September 10th, 09 – Jake 5(2)
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Jacob does his best almost all the time to lighten the mood, allay our badly hidden anxieties and maintain positivity. His piano playing has gained a wonderful serenity and space ...
September 12th, 09 – Jake 5
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Dear All, Thank you again for so many texts, emails, letters, cards and calls.  They mean so much to us – they bring both comfort and bridge us to another and more secure world. It’s ...
August 31st, 09 – Jake 4
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
To Our Dear friends and relatives Although just a week since we last wrote it seems like a year. Not that much has happened but each day is crammed full of its own little hurdles, ...
August 17th, 09 – Jake 3
/ August 29, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Jake has been in the Marsden for a whole week now and it’s beginning to feel almost like home. He is the most amazing boy with such a positive attitude it puts us all to shame. He has ...

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