Category Archives: Medical updates

Bye bye Hickman line

By | February 23, 2016

A massive massive thank you to everyone for their well wishes! A special thanks to brams oma nellie for coming over to help us out in our time of need!! As you can see, bram is doing much better!! He is still in hospital and will be until next week when his antibiotics are finished!… Read More »

Here We Go Again….

By | February 16, 2016

Dear friends, Here we go again…. Yesterday Bram was rushed to hospital by ambulance. He suddenly fell unwell after his weekly line care. Within minutes he developed a temperature of nearly 40 degrees, his heart rate went to 195, he started shivering and went very blue. No time was wasted and he was transferred to… Read More »

Life returning to normality

By | January 24, 2016

Dear friends, We have had a good start of the year. Bram is continuing to improve as you can see in the photos. Progress might seem slow but his physiotherapist and occupational therapist are extremely pleased with his progress. He has a therapy seat to train his sitting, a bath seat to make bath time… Read More »

Clean scan

By | December 1, 2015

Tears of joy!!! Bram’s MRI scan result is positive! Clean scan! We are over the moon. What a boy. Thank you all for your support!!!! Love, Jeroen, Laura, Max and Bram

One month at home

By | November 21, 2015

Dear friends, Bram has been home for exactly one month. We are glad to say it is going well. It took Bram a couple of days to get used to his new surroundings but he is now completely used to it again. He is developing quickly. His hand eye coordination, his balance, his breathing, it… Read More »

Home!

By | October 21, 2015

Bram is home! Today we finally took our son back home. After 225 nights in hospital, we are reunited as a family. Laura and I are extremely excited to have him back, but it is nothing compared to the excitement his big brother Max showed today. Our boys are together again. We will have to… Read More »

Treatment finished

By | October 16, 2015

Dear friends, Today is a day for celebrations. Bram has finished his cancer treatment. Earlier this morning Bram had his 30th and final round of radiotherapy. The radiotherapy team had a certificate and present waiting for him when he woke up from his anaesthetic. This afternoon Bram’s nurses threw him a party as well. Balloons,… Read More »

One more week of radiation left

By | October 10, 2015

Dear friends, Week 5 of treatment has finished. And it is still going well. Bram is coping really well with the radiation and daily general anaesthetic. Only minor side effects. Bram has an active schedule. And we are able to take him out a couple of times a week for a walk outside. Bram is… Read More »

Out and about

By | September 20, 2015

Dear friends,Bram has started his third week of radiotherapy. It is going well so far. Hardly any side effects. Just a bit of redness in his neck. And Bram is definitely a lot more tired. He is handling his daily general anaesthetics well. His weekday are very busy. Treatment in the morning, than recovery and… Read More »

Getting ready for radiation

By | September 6, 2015

Dear friends, Bram is doing well at the moment. He is recovering from his last surgeries. His tracheostomy is making his life a bit easier. Only a little bit of extra oxygen required (less than 1.0 litre per minute). He is happily playing in his little chair again and i am pleased to report that… Read More »