“Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.” –Veronica Roth 1 year ago today we received Ants diagnoses from Christchurch hospital. He is fighting this battle with such strength and I am so proud of the courage and strength he has shown us all. Friday – We […]
Wednesday we had our usual visits from NM, now daily, and always smiling, caring and helpful. We also asked what happened last week when Ant went to sleep for two days, and the NM Doctor has said that they think he has more than likely had a small brain bleed. Ant and I also managed […]
“Obstacles can be a step stone or fall stone; it depends on how you look at it” – New Hot Guy (ZM) Ant had a good restful sleep last night. Woke to the normal Monday of getting Lachlan out the door to school (Jacob had a sleep over at Brads last night and the […]
The last few days have been an emotional roller coaster and a blur for us all (especially for Ant) ….. Tuesday Ant was admitted to the hospice and settled in well , Wednesday he decided that he would have a very long sleep (this was due to the tumors and tumor head pain). This ‘sleep’ […]
Hi all Thought that you would all want an update on our world … NM here on Monday arvo (following up from Ants bad day on Friday), and decision was made for him to go into NM Hospice for assessment and respite care. His mother and I took him to the hospice Tuesday morning. Was […]
A slow start to the morning , then get organised for Aubrey to pick up Ant as the team have a friendly at Halswell this arvo. Aubrey arrives, Lachlan decides to go and be support crew for the outing. I give Aubrey his ‘instructions’ for ‘just in case’ … and off they go all grins […]
I am now mobile in a pushed wheelchair (not self propelleed(asI have no way of I know I said I’d update more but in reality the ironic part of all this needing to slow down I am finding that I have lesstime. Thursday =a very wobbly day on my feet(which is almost evryday now, which […]
WELL HELLO AGAIN,I know it has been a while since I’ve posted to the blog, and I’ll keep thisbrief so hopefully you’ll understand and appreciate why. First up I have only one finger to type with as Wison means that I can’t type 2 fingered or ‘normal ‘ per sue’Al last night I had an 8 […]
“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.” – Maori Proverb Fairly settled sleep by my standards, probably due to the amount of pain killers that I had to consume yesterday to be able to get through the day. Put it this way I was comfortably numb! It’s the best place […]
Well another weekend has past in our world, with a new set of adventures. Ant woke on Saturday morning following a standard night of lack of sleep. Unfortunately his balance was not flash, and he was dragging his left foot when walking. We have made the decision to move ourselves to the down stairs bedroom […]