Up The Farway Tree

Catching Up

The organ donor day campaign was a big success and there was a 15 times increase in the normal daily sign up rate with 3222 people signing up! I tried to do my little bit by handing out some leaflets and transplant UK pens at work. I did manage to interrupt a meeting though - bursting into the room shouting 'free pens' before realising there was actually a meeting taking place. Oops. I perhaps should have apologised and left immediately - instead of apologising then going round handing everyone a pen ;-)

Tomorrow I am meeting with the local MP, Jo Swinson, so that the local paper can take a picture of us together. I spoke to the journalist on the phone so there should be a little feature in next weeks paper about Team Jac - I will post link if it's online. Hopefully it will raise some local support...and sponsorship :-) I have been sorting out action plans, group lists, maps etc for the big day so hopefully everything will run smoothly. It is rather like a military operation now - I think I will take a whistle on the day ;-)

The printed copies of the booklets arrived and I am really pleased with them - they look great (if I do say so myself). It is worrying that am generally more excited about my little stick men illustrations though ;-) I have made a start today in sending them out to CF units in the UK - there are about 23 large centres and also some smaller units so I am a bit googly eyed printing out online postage but should get that done by the end of the week - I started this project before I had my transplant so it is nice to be completing it in the run up to my first year anniversary.

It's my 30th birthday on Saturday - I can't believe I am nearly 30. The average life expectancy for CF is 31 years old - I intend to blow that one out the water and for the first time can seriously believe that to be true! I am going to have lunch with friends, then dinner at mum and dads and going out for dinner on Sunday with family. My ring arrived early but Andrew won't let me have it until Saturday - not fair!! I am looking forward to a good weekend though:-)

I will leave you with some pictures of Seb. He was being very quiet in the garden so I opened the back door to see what he was doing - he was sitting up in the chair like this is a very normal thing for a dog to do. He isn't really a normal dog though..