Saturday 8th May
Oh dear. It's a bad day already and it's only just past noon. I've been trying so hard but, in John's eyes, I'm getting everything wrong.
He's been feeling very poorly and, as a consequence, is very touchy. Mistakes so far today:
1. Didn't pour his water out to let it warm because he's not supposed to drink cold drinks. Putting water in from the kettle to warm it is…
Friday 7th May
Over the last few days, John's hair has been falling out in handfuls. His daughter gave us some hair clippers and I've been a little scared of using them because I'm definitely no hairdresser!
Not only that, I didn't want to hurt him and I was afraid of his reaction when he looked in the mirror.
He pleaded with me to do it at lunchtime today so I sat him in the kitchen and set to work…
Sunday 2nd May 2010
I was surfing the net this morning and came across a song we both love - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. It reminded me of when we first met.
I advertised in the Lonely Hearts to find John when I was feeling very lonely. His letter stood out amongst all the rest and I phoned him straight away. We talked several times, sometimes for an hour or more, and eventually we met.
He came to my flat…
Sunday 2nd May 2010.
We made a start on sorting through our vast collection of photographs today - something we've been meaning to do for ages. We still have many, many more to sort through because John got very tired and we had to give up after a little while.
What it has made me realise is that we have so many happy, happy memories to treasure and it brought a tear of happiness to my eye. A lot of them are of
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30th April 2010
Not so bad this time so far as the time spent in the hospital. This time we were only three and a half hours on Ward 10 but John has ended up with a very painful arm where the IV went in. Were told it's a common side effect but he can hardly touch it.
Had a bit of a do with trying to see a doctor to discuss some of his meds. We were made to feel like we were creating a bit of a fuss by the nurse
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