Canadian Surprise

Friends of ours, Nic, Suzanne, Nika, and Aidon, from Canada are in town for the Christmas holidays, and they came round for breakfast much to the surprise of Matthew. Oh course I kept it a secret and he was sure surprised to see his friend Aidon who he last saw way in 2008 when Matthew visited Toronto. And my Aidon has grown, he is a head taller than Matthew and Matthew is tall himself. What are they feeding him in Canada?

After breakfast we took a walk into the Protea Forest to the edge of the gorge, it was River Song’s first walk into the veldt and she enjoyed it although she did get stuck at some of the rocky bits and Aidon helped her.

Sarah Visits

Sarah, Aidon's older sister flew in from Canada this week to visit her extremely sick baby sister, Nika. For Matthew, it was great seeing Aidon again. Here are the three of them.

As you may know from a previous post, Nika has Aplastic Anemia which can't be treated here in South Africa so she needs to go back to Canada. They are leaving for Toronto this coming Sunday so please continue to pray for little Nika, for healing, a safe journey and not to forget the family, her parents Nic and Suzzane, and her siblings Sarah and Aidon.

The Trio

Matthew was looking forward to church today because the possibility of Aidon being there. Matthew last saw Aidon in 2008 when he went over to visit him in Canada. Aidon’s family was in Africa for a few years and returned to Canada in 2007. Matthew and Aidon were very good friends and Matthew is rather pleased that they have returned to Africa.

I struggled to get the boys to stop playing foosball for a little while just so I can have a photograph. Here are the three friends, Lingani, Matthew, and Aidon. And then they were back to their playing.

Vreugde

It was a joyous occasion to see my friends from Canada. I better not say it any more but from right to left are the first class Canadian family Suzanne, Nic, Nika and Aidon. I wish I could have spent more time catching up with them but I had to rush after my BBC duties.

But the joy was short lived as Matthew is still in hospital. The doctor told me that they sent Matthew’s blood for testing for deep epilepsy and thyroid problems. I never heard of deep epilepsy but he told me that the seizures associated with epilepsy are not shown but the sufferer has blackouts and are sometimes not even aware of them. Also they pick up a hyper ectopic heart beat which has pointed the doctors towards thyroid issues. The doctor said that the thyroid issues are genetic and was also very interested in my mom's thyroid problems and my sister’s recent Hashimoto's Disease. Oh dear it doesn't sound good.

Keep praying. The blood results should be out tomorrow.

Walking the plank