Luckily, in the run up to the first chemo, we had wedding plans to concentrate on. An absolute godsend! In actual fact in this period of time between our visit and the first chemo we did really well. Lots of expensive meals out, shopping trips , and just for a little while we managed to put it to the back of our minds. Mum was well. Better than she`d been for a long time. Thats an odd statement to make isn`t it seen as she had just had a hysterectomy. We hadn`t realised until now how ill she had been before.
She was staying with myself, husband John, Zak 13, and Kayleigh7. It was a squeeze, but we managed well . Kayleigh had to give up her room and sleep on the floor in Zaks room. I thought she took it well until the day i discovered she had written on her bed "This is Kayleighs bed".
Gord(mums partner) came down most days. We cooked him tea and did his washing. He was in complete denial.Totally.
The first day of chemo we got up early. John came with mum and i, which was a great support as he is very level headed. Then the news came on the radio in the car "Jayne Thomlinson has died" It was a total blow for our hope. The times we had mentioned this wonderful lady in our trying to be positive talk.
Chemo went smoothly. In fact it made us feel very safe. We met some lovely people in there and i know it made mum feel very much that she wasn`t alone in this hell.
I watched her like a hawk that night.
The three weeks passed without event really. As i said before we were all very excited and focused on the wedding. Mums hair had started to thin very slightly but nothing too dramatic.
We had chosen a wig a few weeks previously. A fun trip where myself and my friend Jane had accompanied her and done the "who can put the silliest wig on" thing that everyone does. Then we had gone to lunch at the Royal clarence, fine wine and fine food! I had a few tears as we had a toast and mum said "If i die tomorrow i have had a great time with you girls"
She was staying with myself, husband John, Zak 13, and Kayleigh7. It was a squeeze, but we managed well . Kayleigh had to give up her room and sleep on the floor in Zaks room. I thought she took it well until the day i discovered she had written on her bed "This is Kayleighs bed".
Gord(mums partner) came down most days. We cooked him tea and did his washing. He was in complete denial.Totally.
The first day of chemo we got up early. John came with mum and i, which was a great support as he is very level headed. Then the news came on the radio in the car "Jayne Thomlinson has died" It was a total blow for our hope. The times we had mentioned this wonderful lady in our trying to be positive talk.
Chemo went smoothly. In fact it made us feel very safe. We met some lovely people in there and i know it made mum feel very much that she wasn`t alone in this hell.
I watched her like a hawk that night.
The three weeks passed without event really. As i said before we were all very excited and focused on the wedding. Mums hair had started to thin very slightly but nothing too dramatic.
We had chosen a wig a few weeks previously. A fun trip where myself and my friend Jane had accompanied her and done the "who can put the silliest wig on" thing that everyone does. Then we had gone to lunch at the Royal clarence, fine wine and fine food! I had a few tears as we had a toast and mum said "If i die tomorrow i have had a great time with you girls"
No comments:
Post a Comment