My Hope Came True For Mum

My exact words of my blog the other day were: "I am hoping that Mum is wrong and that by the end of today she will be in hospital with a drip in her arm, comfortably sitting up in bed eating something and with a big smile on her face!" Well it wasn't by the end of the day but it was the next morning and it came true! Thank goodness! Last night the doctors at Peter Mac Callum Institute admitted mum for more tests and this morning when I went to visit her she was sitting in bed with more colour in her face, with less pain, she hadn't thrown up this morning and she even ate a whole bowl of cornflakes with milk for breakfast. Yay go Mum. I am so grateful for that!
Steph

The Home Warming Party A Huge Success

This post is a much more exciting and happy post in comparison to today's previous post about my Mum, it's about the House Warming party we had a couple of weeks ago. Things got so busy with work, mum being sick and just the general day to day stuff that I didn't get time to blog about it so here it is. Our party was a huge success, everyone who came loved my food which to me was the ultimate reward for all the hard work I put in to making it all. I spent quite a lot of hours preparing and cooking the food. I made loads of finger food, savoury and sweet. The party has opened the doors to more opportunities for me to start up my catering business. One of our guests manages a golf course and estate and said he wanted me to go and see him after I got my certificates which I now have (just waiting to get registered with the council). So exciting, I can't stop thinking of the endless possibilities this could turn out to have!
Steph

Hoping Mum is wrong

This morning my Mum said "I think I'm going to leave you soon", and to that I replied "no of course you're not, you'll be fine you're going back to the doctors today and we'll see what they say, we'll pack your bag and either way you'll be admitted to PeterMac or Royal Melbourne, you can't stay here like this, you need to go in, they will put you on a drip and get your fluids up and you will feel much better". What if Mum is right and she is departing this earth very soon? Do we ever really know when our time is up? Or is it because she is in pain that her mental state is such that makes her want to depart and meet her maker because she just can't take any more? Last night while talking to her she seemed fine for a few minutes, speaking to us better and more alert than she had been for the whole day, and yet this morning she's weak, in pain and can hardly put three words together. I am hoping that Mum is wrong and that by the end of today she will be in hospital with a drip in her arm, comfortably sitting up in bed eating something and with a big smile on her face!  

Steph

A smile and a laugh from Mum

It's been a while since I've slept with my Mum and last night I slept right beside her in her bed. I remember when we were little and we wanted to sleep near Mum and she would give in to us, then Dad would get kicked out of his bed and have to sleep in ours instead. My Mum is quite sick at the moment and has been for about four months now, so we have come down to see her. At this moment Mum is the frailest she has ever been and that I can ever remember her to be. She has had Hodgkins Disease four times in her life and had Radiotherapy and/or Chemotherapy each time but I still don't think Mum was as sick then as she seems to be now. I am worried about the outcome of today's specialist appointment for the last scan she had. We are hoping that we will get some answers as to why Mum is so sick. She has had numerous scans, blood tests etc all of which show up negative. I suppose this is a good thing but not so good when you are feeling crap and no one has any answers as to why. Mum has lost so much weight, her figure is skeletal with minimal skin and flesh just covering her frail bones. She hardly eats and she has no strength left let alone any positiveness left in her small body. I am a great believer that your mind is a powerful thing and what you think you become etc etc. and that a healthy lifestyle has a lot to do with your overall health (I am not perfect but I do try really hard) and that laughter is the best medicine. So last night we sat with mum and watched something funny on tv and I got to see her smile and laugh even if it was for just a very short time. So I am grateful for that.
Steph