A really big THANK YOU!!

Just a quick post and BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has sent me wishes and hugs in dealing with the latest blow to Philip.

He is doing remarkably well for someone who the Drs thought would only last a few weeks!

He has been on dexamethazone and this has reduced the swelling in the brain and as a consequence he has regained some use of the right side of his body and his speech has improved.

Through the Palliative care unit I have borrowed an electric hospital bed, wheelchair, commode/shower chair so he is all set up in our lounge room - he can lord it over us all. It has been a rotten few weeks with one day thinking it would be over then the next thinking he would recover - driving back and forth from the unit and spending each day there - I have to admit I am really tired and so glad he is home even though it means more work at least I don't have to travel.

The boys built a ramp to cover the stairs at the front of the house and over the weekend they ripped out the bathtub and the handbasin from our bathroom and tore down the showerscreen. Next weekend they are going to lift up the floor tiles and lay the new tile bed down in preparation for completing the makeover the following weekend. In the meantime I can wheel Philip into the bathroom to use the toilet.

I am hoping that I will be able to get into a routine and be able to spend sometime in my workroom each day, but at the moment ut is all rather new to me. Took me until 12 o'clock this morning to give him breakfast, wahs him, dress him, toilet him, strip the bed and make it with clean linen etc. Hopefully I can get that time down once I get into a better routine. I also bought a baby monitor so I can wander through the house without worrying.

Now as well as everything else that is happening Philip has shingles - down the left buttrock, into the groin and it is now spreading down his leg - never rains it pours!

Anyway - once again thank you for your kind thoughts. A big special thank you to my wonderful two cyber friends Ali and Sheila - you girls have no idea how much your wonderful emails mean to me!!

And to these lovely ladies who sent me Healing Hearts a big hug in thanks!
Gladys S
Marlene A-L
Virginia L
Julie MaM
Debbie McD
Jenni
Sharyn
Jane C
Diana K
Carol R
Kelly H-H
Jan the Gran
Sue P
Cait G
Sue McP
Kathleen A
Barbara D and
Margaret A