>2006 Chapter 12: We're Good Guys...

Thank you for your concern and prayers! They worked! Ken finishes his medication tomorrow and is feeling much better. Not 100 % yet but it takes up to two months to feel good again. Japanese River Disease is quite a serious illness and if it goes untreated there is a 50% morality rate - Praise God the school nurse insisted that Ken go to the hospital on day three of his illness. Ken did not use insect repellant on holiday at the beach but I smothered the kids and myself in it. Apparently this is what enabled us to stay healthy!Shannie had here ''ear op'' on Thursday - which was low key and took all of 10 min. They used a vacumn needle and she was asleep before the procedure began and remained asleep throughout. She woke up from her a nap on the way home - unperturbed! So alls well and we are more relaxed than we have been in awhile.The boys had a soccer tournament on Saturday but were most disgusted because they only won one game and lost two! Josh and Ethan played fantastically but their coach is laid back and played the really weak players too. Josh was livered and says he is not going to play soccer ever again! We tried to talk about sportsmanship and "it's not whether you win or loose..... " etc but Josh just looked at Ken with tears in his eyes and said to Ken "Ja, like you really believe that DAD!" - The silence was deafening! I had to leave trying not to giggle - he's a good South African! May God be with you guys.Love to you allChantal.