18th feb ............ cant forget the date can i?
18th feb 2009 my darling son was rushed into hospital with severe abdominal and back pains ......he lives in spain
Back in the u.k. we were all enjoying our younger sons birthday tea a nice family get together enjoying a few beers too
The following morning about 9.15 the phone rings – hi mum im in hospital ...... i thought it was the birthday boy ..... had he got food poisoning from his girlfriends cooking ....it wasn’t - it was far more serious....
paul hadn’t phoned the night before because he didn’t want to spoil his brothers birthday – he went on to say the doctors were asking for a copy of his notes from uk hospital from 10years previous (he had had hodgkins lymphoma) he was trying to reassure me (or himself) that it was a load of fuss over nothing ....... i was pretty numb ...trying to take it all in .......
2 days later we were on a plane flying to spain .... the local hospital via PALS had given us a full copy of his notes to take with us
Within a week of him being taken ill – he was moved to another hospital and started on chemotherapthy – he was being treated for testicular cancer – they actually started treatment before all the lab results came back
He spent over 3 weeks in hospital ...... at one stage coming home for a couple of nights before being re-admitted for a few more days
To say it was the most scariest of times for us all ...... i truly thought he was going to die! He was so so poorly – i remember him once asking me why he was so pale his hands and feet were blue
He had tumours on his abdominal lymph glands – one pressing onto a kidney – but the main concern was a tumour aginst /near his vena cava (artery which feeds the lungs) he also had a thrombosis in the same artery .........
BUT ........
We are now a year on ........
And after chemo and an op at end of august to remove the problem tumour .............. paul is now very well – and has returned to work
He is due another scan next week – his last couple of scans showed “something” in the op area ..... “they” think its scar tissue .... as his blood results are good – so its just a matter of wait and see?
Mr.n and me are still here in spain ...... if alls well we are planning on returning to uk may time ...and getting back to normal
Oh what a year its been!
And we are all a year older and wiser and healthier and happier ......and i cant forget the date can i?.....and that reminds me........
happy birthday to my baby! Hes 29 today!
LIVESTRONG
xNx
