Photos of Natasha and her progress since diagnosis

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Last updated 24th November 2005

Natasha at age 4


Natasha at age 4 before her diagnosis. You can see the rash deveoping on her cheeks.


This is Natasha at age 4 1/2 which clearly shows the side effects of steroids. Her weight went from 17kgs to 26kgs in 5 months.


The facial rash across both cheeks and at the corner of her eyes. Her ears are also red and itchy.


This pic is Alex 2 and Tasha 4 1/2, next is Alex 3 and Tasha 5 1/2, next is Tasha 7 and Alex 4 1/2, the last is Alex 5 1/2 and Tasha 8. Because of the steroids, Natasha's little sister is rapidly catching up to her in height.


This is Natasha in Sept 2003 when she was off steroids prior to her latest relapse. Her face shape is more defined.


Sydney International Airport waiting for our flight back home. June 2004	With our cousins in Sydney Harbour.

Tasha at the Starship Hospital getting her first Intravenous Immunoglobulin. The process took 11hours after arriving.
Read about in the Timeline


Natasha and Alex taken in December 2004.	Natasha having her birthday again due to the food poisoning she suffered on the day of her birthday. See timeline

Natasha was diagnosed with shingles. See timeline


Natasha has joined her school's netball team. This a proud moment for us as its shows Tasha's desire to push herself in spite of her restrictions.


Netball is a very physical game, the running and jumping gives us hope that she may well be on her way to recovery. Unfortunately it clashes with swimming (Saturday morning), so now we need to look for Sunday swimming lessons as there's no way she could cope with both sports on the same day.


Tasha was playing on the Monkey Bars when she fell off onto her wrist. It broke a bone and now she's in a cast. That's Netball and Swimming finished for now. Read more in Timeline


Here's Tasha with our $20 single shrimp. The most expensive shrimp we've had the mis-fortune to purchase. We went shrimp fishing, it cost $20 for 3 of us and in 1/2 an hour we caught one!!!. The next two is Tasha and Alex in the public hot foot pools in Rotorua. It has Tasha just after getting in, then 20 secs later, the heat of the pool made her nose bleed. Her constant nose bleeds, at least once a day, is getting worrying. The last is Tasha in the snow for the first time in her life. Read more in Timeline Pics are in My Vacations under School Holidays.


Halloween. Natasha and Alex had an awesome time with their friends. Read more in Timeline

After just getting Tasha out of her cast, Alex goes and breaks her arm too. Read more in Timeline


From the ferry to Rangitoto Island	From the summit towards the city centre	From the summit looking towards our house up near the base of the Waitakere Ranges.	From the deck of our house looking back towards the Harbour Bridge and Rangitoto
Read about Natasha's big effort in Timeline. A big thank you for Mr Clent, one of the parent helpers for providing us photos.


On the summit looking out	Tasha after making a huge effort to reach the summit all on her own accord.

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