Thursday 13 December 2012

Rest Day

Feels like a Friday today.  The last of the school graduation nights was last night and the kids broke up from school at 12.30 today.  It  is officially, the school holidays have started.  A very close family friend also offered to do the hospital run with Karen this morning.  As much as I didn't want to leave Karen and be there for her, I really appreciated the day off from the cancer routine.  After dropping the kids off at day care and school respectively, Mum and I headed up to La Vera cheese shop so she could buy some cheese to take back to Townsville on Saturday.  After lunch I had the rare luxury of having a sleep for a couple of hours.  So I am feeling suitably refreshed.

Karen got the okay to continue treatment today and is set to be assessed again tomorrow.  If we can get to the weekend, then come Monday, the area that they are treating will be reduced down to the site of the tumour for the next 10 session.  It is still a very much day by day proposition and is solely dependant on Karen's state of health.  The morphine dosage has been increased to stay atop of the pain and frequency of the pain spikes.  Her skin is really taking a beating now.  It is blazing red and starting to break up and weep.  She has managed the feeding tube and feeding with her normal tenacity.  What seemed such a mountain last week has quickly become part of the daily routine.

So where to from here?  Mum heads back to Townsville on Saturday.  She has been an absolute blessing.  She has held the fort while we have spent a good part of each day at hospital.  She has cared for Nate and been home for the boys at the end of day.  She has helped out immeasurable around the house, taking care of all the little time consuming things that need to be done.  She has really taken away many of the burdens of day to day"stuff".  Come Monday, Karen's parents will be staying up in Adelaide to take the baton so to speak.  With out their help it would be a nightmare I am sure.  I have also extended my time off work, which will enable me to continue to care for Karen and the boys through until the end of treatment, which is a huge relief.  The thought of not being there for Karen is just one I don't want to consider.  1 day and 2 weeks to go!!!!!  Then the recovery......

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