Message from Lynne
Day 7 - its a week today in a regime with nothing to eat or drink for Peter. The barium test was done today. Late afternoon we were told it went well and the results will be with the medical team tomorrow. Most of the tubes and drains will come out and the wonders of fruit juice, lemonade and jelly will wobble onto the horizon. Peter has been doing lots of deep breathing exercises and was able to function without an oxygen supply today. He went for a long work with the physio, seeing a bit more of the ward and far horizons. His throat is dry and voice raspy, but is looking forward to tomorrow and the promise of freedom of movement. He is still sleep deprived.
Peter's sister, Rebecca recently spent six weeks in South America and he received her gift of snug llama slippers and a soft brown hat with llamas on it, which you will see him wearing and enjoying.
Our son, Jeremy, marries his lovely partner of five years, Claire, this Friday 15 Feb in Melbourne. Wedding plans were made months ago. Peter will still be in port in Canberra Hospital and unable to ship out to attend. He will have the 24 hour care of the wonderful hospital staff and his sister, Gina will be his special person. I will fly to Melbourne on Friday and return on Saturday night, with our daughter, Juliet, who will stay a few days.
Shh...don't tell Peter, as its a secret...Jeremy is flying to Canberra on Wednesday and will spend special time with him before the wedding...shh!!
2 comments:
Good on ya Lynne!
Keep the stories and the pictures coming - it's nice to know that Peter is finally going to get the tubes removed (probably most of them but NOT the food tube) - now will come the hard part - eating (or rather swallowing) will possibly be difficult, because Peter will have lost the innate ability to massage the food down his throat. Alas this does come with having one's oesophagus cut and usually having the stomach joined to the remnant with merely a flap of skin to replace the valve which previously enabled "stuff" to stay down even when the head was NOT elevated.
Re-learning to do some things that previously were things that you did automatically is an acquired skill - kind of essential in the circumstances - but damned hard work.
I look forward to Peter getting through these next challenges.
Ma,
Nice pic of dad sporting the llama hat!
Love, Jules xox
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