Louis and I are back in Brisbane. I gather from Dr C that Helen's mental state has continued to fluctuate while we've been away but she was in good form last night and this morning. She has chemo today - finished by 4ish this afternoon. Tomorrow we plan to bring her back to Dorchester St in the early afternoon. I had another chat with her this morning about what/where she wants to be both if she is too frail for us to nurse at Dorchester St in the time to come and if we need another period of respite and she has to go into a nursing home type facility temporarily.
It remains a tricky thing to think about and is complicated by the question of her fitness to fly.
She did say today that the thought that she would never get back up to Darwin to see friends and visit her house was "horrible" but when I pushed her a little on other things that are important to her she also wants to be able to see family from Victoria and of course Louis and me. I think the situation at Dorchester St is still ideal for us all - although we will have to see how she goes on discharge but I guess if she is in a nursing home type place where is the best place for this to be?
Maybe if she is well enough for the flight up and subsequently back we can try for an admission to a Darwin Nursing Home for the next planned respite and still return to Dorchester St. I don't know.
At least I feel relatively refreshed and able to contemplate these complexities which were seeming impossible and overwhelming before I went away.
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