Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

ginnyknit

Kathy hugs from here too, have lit my little candle, such scary time. xxxx

roamin_in_the_gloamin

I intend having a bake day today - so better go get a wiggle on, ye all enjoy your day, loads of cuddles and love x Jean

psso

Kathy, I know you really want to pack a case and get back home to your family but as your son says, it will give Sam something to look forward to and take his mind off what is happening to him a bit. Hopefully,anyway. He must be scared witless,poor lad.
The whole family will be in shock but the medical staff will do their best for him and hopefully the prognosis will be good.
Comforting hugs for you and your DH.

Been a bit under par lately, sicky bug then sore throat, hope nobody phones today as have hardly any voice now. Some folk will say that's a blessing -DS will be happy that I can't nag him to put the Christmas stuff back into the loft.

Hugs to anyone who needs one, and I'll be back soon.

roamin_in_the_gloamin

http://www.babydollhandknitdesigns.co.uk/category_46/Free-Patterns-for-Premature-Babies-and-Personal-Use.htm

been meaning to put that link back up and kept forgetting- Claire has more free preemie baby patterns than ever now these can be used for personal use or free donations to hospital units.

mioliere

Thank you, everyone, for your kind thoughts and words. I have spoken to my son today and he sounds less desperate and less scared. Sam has now started the full treatment, which is chemo, steroids and other things that my son can't remember - there is so much to take in. Sam is bearing up bravely; for a lad who really doesn't like injections, he has, as his dad says, really 'manned up' this week. He has decided to have his head shaved, because he's been told that his hair will come out in clumps, and he doesn't like the sound of that. The treatment and care so far has been amazing. My son says that during the night the staff are constantly checking the patients, but they do it gently by torchlight. He says they are like shadows and you hardly know they are there. He is truly amazed and impressed by the whole standard of care, and the thoughtfulness of all the doctors and nurses. It's wonderful because the idea is not to stress them at all. One not so good part is that the food is really awful, but they can take in their own food to cook there, so I told my son about Wiltshire Farm Foods - my mum was on them and they really kept her going, so I think they will go down that route. Meanwhile, Sam is working his way through everything on the menu, just to see how bad it can get - that's his wicked sense of humour still shining through, bless him. I am feeling slightly more reassured after talking to my son - as he said, this world is now his new 'normal' and all they can do is go with the flow. Our current milestone is that first five weeks, that he has been told will be the roughest - that's our countdown point - the end of the fifth week. Thank you, all of you, for being there; you've no idea how much it means to know that we have your support and caring thoughts.

I will keep you up to date as and when I hear anything. In the meantime, I will be doing my best to log in on here, and keep up to date with you all.

My thoughts are also with all those people who have lost their lives in the dreadful events in Paris this week. My local town is holding a meeting tomorrow morning, and we will go along to that to show our solidarity - what happened here in France affects all civilised countries, and I, like all of us, want a safer world for my whole family to live in.

KathyXX

anakat

mioliere wrote: »

Hello, everyone, and I am sorry I've been MIA again, especially since my last post about possibly having a Facebook group for our thread. I will have to put all that on hold for now, because I had a bombshell on Tuesday. Fortunately, the immediate worry has been lessened, but things are still serious. My dear grandson, Sam (fifteen years old this month) is in hospital. He's very ill and, after a whole battery of tests, an operation, a lumber puncture, a bone marrow test, and a blood transfusion, has been diagnosed with leukaemia. On Tuesday, before the diagnosis was confirmed, his mum and dad were told it 'didn't look good' but that his chances were 'high', but yesterday, although the diagnosis was one we all dreaded, they have said it is 'very treatable' and 'very curable'. He has had his first dose of chemo now. He has a long and difficult journey ahead; the whole family has, and it will be a hard time for us all. He is expected to be in hospital for three to four weeks. We were ready to go back immediately, but my son said if we go back in a week or so, it will give Sam something positive to look forward to, and to focus on, so we will do exactly as they want. They have great support around them, and the doctors and nurses, as usual in our wonderful NHS, have been fantastic; they were on the case the very minute Sam went to hospital, and much of the treatment has gone on through the night, so they have treated it every urgently.

I will, as I have said, keep the thread exactly as it is for now, and have a re-think when my head is clearer. I hate to have to bring you such bad news, but I know how supportive you all are in times of need, and we have had many of those times on here, haven't we? I will catch up with the last few posts when I can; for now, the initial shock knocked the stuffing right out of us, and we are still trying to make sense of it all. I will keep you up to date with his progress. As I have said before, France is a million miles away from where I want to be.

Love to you all.

KathyXX

So sorry I missed this

mrs-moneypenny

anakat, i think your picture sums up perfectly this thread and how we all feel about each other.

kathy glad things dont seem as bleak as they first appeared and that your DGS is getting great help and support.

my thoughts are also with the people of paris, so desperately sad, a candle is lit for them here

hugs to all

f1widow

Kathy - every day we will be thinking of sam and you all and hoping xx

Anakat - lovely sentiment you posted xx

psso

Kathy, tell Sam the food in his hospital can't possibly be any worse than the stuff I got in mine. It was absolutely dire. The best bit was the ice cream and jelly. Can't really muck it up can you ?

Anakat-lovely pic/sentiment. Very true.

roamin_in_the_gloamin

Lot's of positive news there Kathy, thinking of you all. Love the idea of the Wiltshire foods - do they deliver to France - it would save me a load of time to do craftyness! x