Dad-in-law is booked in for a week of respite care starting on Monday 11th June... This is quite a startling development as J's sister hadn't been considering it until much later, but she has set it up.
J and I were in Derbyshire visiting his brother and the 2 blokes were of one mind, that 24/7 care is needed NOW for their dad, but sister wasn't of the same opinion. They all spoke by phone (conference-call style…
Today, my dad would have been 79.
I feel as if I should be FEELING something on his first 'missed' birthday, but I don't feel anything at all. When we went back to my parents' house a few days ago, I tested my reaction (none, really) and am puzzled by it. I think about him from time to time, and have occasionally thought of buying something he would like, or telling him something only he would 'get', but that seems…
It's a year since my father was admitted to hospital.While there, he had a scan. Then he went straight into palliative care in a hospice. Then after about a fortnight he died.
Cancer is shit.
Yesterday we got the news we'd been waiting for. The Specialist (of what, I don't know) has scrutinised dad-in-law's scan results and come up with a Diagnosis.
Here it is.
He's been very ill.
Well, yes. We had noticed.
It was perhaps one of the following things:
a) a severe bladder infection which caused kidney problems
b) a severe liver infection which has left him with some liver damage
c) a bile…
