Over the past two months, G has become increasingly breathless. A scan done at Bart's two weeks ago showed fluid building up again in his chest cavity. Thanfully things move faster in London than in Birmingham. So, we have accepted the inconvenience and expense of him having the operation to drain the fluid at the London Chest Hospital.
I have tried so hard not to dwell on what this development might mean, but now that we are packed ready to travel down tomorrow, I am so afraid that we are about to hear bad news.
I am trying to be positive, and give thanks for the two years we have had together after his diagnosis, but without much success.
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