THE FUTURE IS ONE BIG CHALLENGE AFTER ANOTHER for 3Dogs and friends ..... PART 4

Aesop

eek to getting into Newcastle at 23.00pm but good if you get half the fare back.

Poor Mam

have more hugs ((((((((((((((((Susan and Alan)))))))))))))))))

So_Sad_Angel

Sending <<HUGS>> from here too. :grouphug:

This has been a tough week all round for you & I wish there was something I could do to help. I hope your Mam`s condition settles down and you can get some rest tonight.

Take care x

3Dogs

Thanks guys - yes, train was over 40 minutes late so I will be able to claim half fare back in comp0ensation, which will be enough for a free normal pre-booked first class fare :j :j

My sis & b-i-l picked me up and dropped me at my brother's, as they want the car at home in case they get a call from the home during the night, but I will be going down in morning to see Mam if we don't hear anything else

Had an hour chat with brother and then brought case upstairs, unpacked, changed into pj's, washed, into bed and come online for half hour or so

Mam still passing blood today

Aesop

I am so sorry 3Dogs, I really don't know what else to say. The good thing is all 3 of you are there for Mam. Mam isn't in any pain though is she?

beanielou

Sorry was away overnight & I have just caught up.
Positive vibes.

beanielou

Hope everything is as well as it can be.

So_Sad_Angel

Just popping in too & hoping all was OK today xx

Aesop

So_Sad_Angel wrote: »

Just popping in too & hoping all was OK today xx

Susan just texted, Mam laughing and smiling and spoke to Alan, she was very happy to speak to him

beanielou

But is still very weak

3Dogs

Evening guys - my brother went down to see Mam at 10 am till 2 pm, and me and sis went down 1 pm till 6.45 pm. Mam had passed blood again this morning but none the rest of the day. We did check her several times though when we noticed a certain smell, but was ok. Doc came round about 3 pm and she said they were just keeping an eye on how much blood she was losing, and, when we told her about the odd foul smell, she agreed that it may be whatever is 'festering' inside her

Mam is still eating and was extremely talkative today.
She is in some pain, around her stomach/abdomen, and is very weak. She was saying silly things to us and having quite a giggle, laughing at us and with us and at herself, though she occassionally got fustrated and annoyed and told us off. She was calling for her Dad, one of her brothers, and saying she just wanted to see Grandad to say sorry? She asked bluntly what had happened to nurses hair, as she had it scraped right back, but afterwards she said she knew she was saying things she shouldn't and she was sorry She told me she was sorry for calling me by my sister's name My sister and I just keep being silly with her so she is laughing, and she pulls faces and giggles. She yelled out my brother's name a couple of times, asking if he was there, as he was sitting my the window, and he shouted back 'yes, I'm here' and she just laughed

My sis and I sat each side of the bed and she held our hands, sometimes saying 'excuse me', leaving go to scratch her head or rub her eye, and then getting hold of our hand again. She pulled each of in for a kiss and a hug and patted our head as she did it, as if she knew her kids were around her

It was lovely with the giggling and laughter, but also heartbreaking to see her like this

The staff, including the docs there, say she is so strong to have lasted this long as she was so ill when she went in, and has had several infections which they thought may finish her off. But Mam is stronger than she looks. She was the smaller of twins, only 3 1/2 lbs, but she survived and her larger brother died at birth. She was only 6 1/2 stones when she was admitted to hospital in October 2010 and then into the home, but I daren't think what weight she is now, as she is skin and bones and her clothes are falling off her. But she is still smiling :A