Angels & Archangels

Norwin on Tuesday, 14 October, 2008

Hi all, I can hardly contain my excitement. The “H” word was used during a serious Indaba (i.e. a deep discussion) this evening between my Mom and Dad and Dr Nicoletta Hay. Options were discussed and ideas and notions were thrown back and forth. Finally two options were settled on: a) I stay in hospital […]

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Norwin on Monday, 22 September, 2008

Hi all, What a rollercoaster the last few days, and even hours, have been. After initially expecting to be operated on again this morning, the decision was made by my medical team to only do the procedure on Friday. It is a Catch 22 situation that I’m in, as there were some benefits in doing […]

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Norwin on Monday, 8 September, 2008

Hi all, After an event filled weekend, and the excitement of going to Unitas this week I suffered a major setback today. I became cyanotic this morning, meaning that I did not have enough oxygen in my blood. Dr Hay was in attendance at the time, and opted to intubate me. As a result of […]

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Norwin on Tuesday, 5 August, 2008

Hello all, After a few days not knowing the next few steps I again have some news for you. Firstly, the specialist Professor from the Potchefstroom laboratory has confirmed that a further three markers have come back negative for tyrosinaemia… however he has also sent some of my blood samples to Amsterdam (in the Netherlands) […]

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Norwin on Tuesday, 29 July, 2008

Hallo Wie Gehts? Guess what, my Opa sang me German lullabies today … how awesome is that? Of course I told Mom this, as she wasn’t there at the time. Oma was at the doctor for her chemo treatment, therefore Opa visited me on his own today. Usually they come to visit me together, so […]

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