Camping was great, Dal the superman put up our tent and pottered around, a slight cough but overall not too bad. He took his antibiotics and just got on with it... That was a while ago now wasn't it
Sorry for my delay in updating, Dal had his scan in September and the mass on his lung has decreased but he needed further antibiotics to make sure it clears up. He has had a cough on and off through most of the past…
After a brief but brave fight with secondary liver failure, Dal's brother Mark passed away at 5am on 15/05/2021 I am so grateful that his fight enabled all of the my children to attend their Grandad's funeral on the 13th, Mark battled hard and made that possible.
Only two dedicated people had been allowed in to see him at the hospice, my mother in law and my second youngest daughter, sadly on the morning of his…
It always surprises me how time can go so fast, and yet feel so slow, both at the same time.
We received a call from a man at the hospital on Monday 20th advising Dal that his chemo had been rescheduled, cancelled for September 24th, rescheduled for the 1st October, no reason as to why, just that it had... but he was still to go in for his nurse assessment on the 21st. So the Tuesday comes, and transport takes him to…
Over the past month and with regards to Dal's treatment, things have continued positively.
The scar on his chest has healed well, the port is in use for all chemo sessions and now this is the way that his bloods are taken in preparation for the trastuzumab. No more covering his arm to protect a picc line during a shower, and because of that his arm is looking a lot better. His skin had started to grey and dry out…
Things have continued to go well, Dal continues to eat well, and has gained more weight. He had his first Herceptin treatment on Friday, which was not the best of experiences.. He went through the treatment fine but once he was told he could go home, he was violently sick.
Over the last two days, he has struggled to feel "himself" but we know that this is the first time his body has been put through this particular treatment…
