"His school has been really good," she said. "Some people that we don't even know that just read the story and wanted to help out in some way."
Meanwhile, Toby has been receiving treatment for a month now. "He's been doing okay," Miss Piper said.
"We did get out to go up to Ronald McDonald House for about 11 hours. Then he got a temperature and had to come back ... He's just on a break from chemo at the moment, he's probably a week away from his third cycle."
Miss Piper said the doctors were happy with Toby's progress. He is expected to be at Starship for six months.
She and Toby had "adjusted" to life at Starship but "I don't think that we can ever really settle into the ward at all. Missing home definitely."
Miss Piper said once Toby was in remission they planned to take him away from Starship for some fun activities.