If you have been reading the blog recently you'll know that Jono is heading to San Francisco. The Irish News in Belfast got in contact to write a story about how successful the gofundme campaign has been. It's a brilliant article, so thanks to Joanne from The Irish News for such a good job. You... Continue Reading →
Dreams do come true
It's hard to believe that it's less than three weeks ago since I put out an appeal for help with Jono's Journey. Jono has suffered from poor health for much of his life. The one thing that has kept Jono sane through the long days of pain is Pokemon. Since he was given a GameBoy... Continue Reading →
Jono’s Birthday
Saturday was Jono's birthday. He wanted to go to Dublin for the day - first to Mark's Models (a model railway shop) and afterwards to Dún Laoghaire. Things don't always go to plan though... First of all we were scuppered by transport troubles. The train was 20 minutes late to arrive. When it did arrive there... Continue Reading →
Jono’s Journey
I'm speechless at the moment, just overwhelmed at the kindness of people. When I started the blog back in 2009 a lot of the posts involved Jono. Jono has had a lot of health problems including kyphosis and scoliosis causing his back to be curved at a 90 degree angle. He had a spinal fusion... Continue Reading →
Annoying Appointments
OK I'm ranting. I've asked Jono if I can do this blog post and he agreed. Some of you may know that Jono has asperger's syndrome, he also has kyphosis and scoliosis. He had surgery in 2009 as his spine was curved at almost 100 degrees. The surgery involved two rods being inserted on either... Continue Reading →
Four years ago today
It's hard to believe that its four years ago today since Jono had his spinal fusion surgery. Time really does fly. We had to sing 'Happy Birthday' to the 'twin rods' today 🙂 If you want to read the whole story from four years ago it's here. Well done Jono, the bravest person I know... Continue Reading →