Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Mon 19th October - pm

Louis visited in the late afternoon - 3 hours after radiotherapy. Helen was not so good. Really really tired. A little confused. Kept thinking she was in Darwin rather than Brisbane. Frightened that she will be discharged after Wednesday because of something one of the nurses said. Doesn't feel well enough at all.
Louis reassured and soothed her. Settled her to watch TV and hopefully have an early night.
Presumably a radiotherapy side/effect or response? I don't really know. Looking forward to seeing her Tuesday morning after some sleep.
Only 2 more radiotx treatments to go.
This morning I am taking a selected print out of all the emails and facebook posts I have received from friends and family (both mine and hers) - she loves to hear them.

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  1. ShannonOctober 20, 2009 at 8:24 AM

    I have really appreciated all the updates today. I hope this is a bit of a journal for you too... it can be hard to recall all the medications and the issues in a week or so, especially when you are trying to be there for Helen and remain sane. I was so glad to hear you had some moments of recovery on the weekend and Helen was more present.

    The mania sounds very frightening. I have often thought that illness is tolerable as long as one retains awareness of yourself. Of course, we can't divide our body and mind like that even with something as simple as a cold.

    We have all been grumpy this weekend. I think it is the cold and dark settling around us, the flu panic, the snotty noses everywhere, the sense of not keeping up (are friends looking after your chooks?)

    At least you are spiraling into the sun.

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