Hi guys...
today I have realised how sorry I have been feeling for myself, there is always someone in a much worse position and sometimes you need a slap in the face to remind you of it!
I have a friend from my Hospice, Wendy, she is in her early 40's, she has terminal Kidney Cancer. She is a single mum with 5 children aged between 6 - 14. She was admitted to hospital on Friday as she had fallen and was unwell, she has just been told she has 3 tumours on her brain too. She will be having radiotherapy to her brain, they are worried the chemo she is on for her KC is not working so well anymore and to top it all she has had to have a chest drain in to alleviate the fluid in her lungs.
Her parents dont live locally and she has only one sister who lives near her. When she found out she was ill most of her friends fell by the wayside. Her only social interaction really is Dorothy House on Fridays, we have become great friends, we have a lot in common and I love her to bits. It breaks my heart that she has so little support from family and friends, I know she gets very lonely. I would gladly share my family and friends with her, she doesn't deserve to go on this awful journey alone.
I went to visit her in Hospital today, she was so suprised that she had a visitor I wanted to cry and when I gave her a big hug and cuddle she burst into tears and said it was so nice just to be hugged, she has no one to offer her that, a simple hug. I shall be visiting her everyday until she is home, she is such a beautiful person and I am lucky to count her among my friends, I'm also very lucky that I have great friends and family that, despite my best efforts, wont allow me to push them away.
So instead of whining I need to wake up and smell the coffee, what Wendy wouldnt give for what I seemingly took for granted! So thank you my friends on here for your continued love and support and please know that I am here for each and every one of you and please, if you have a spare prayer, please use it for my friend Wendy.
Love and Peace
Indie xx
