Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Going home

Well, the doctors have advised, the patient has listened and considered, the family has agreed and I am heading home next week.

I am still on a fluids-only diet, which is keeping me going. I guess that's what it will be until, or if, there is some resolution with the blockage in my bowel.

I will fly from Atlanta to San Francisco on Monday and my beautiful daughter will accompany me. We will stay overnight there, when my equally beautiful sister will join us on Tuesday. She and I will fly together from San Francisco to Sydney while Nikki returns to Atlanta.

How difficult it will be to say goodbye to Nikki and her gorgeous family who have embraced me in their new home in the US over the past two months. It has been such a special time. I have read Winnie the Pooh to the children and tonight, 9 year old Zeke read a chapter of his Harry Potter book to me and 6 year old Willow is now reading her new school readers to me. What a treat for a grandma! I will have precious memories of them all in their new home, in their new country.

Nobody really knows what I have ahead of me, but my conversation with my Australian oncologist has given me the courage to return home and help me look for a resolution.

So now I fly, with strict instructions from doctors about medication and consumption beforehand and during the flight.



Terrie - for now

5 comments:

HilaryB said...

Dear Terrie I will be with you in spirit all the way. Am so pleased to hear you will have Nikki then Leigh to keep you company all the way.

Del's Road Trip said...

Another goal. Coledale Beach. You in caravan me in Hopemobile. Friends to visit.

Carmen Coutts-Smith said...

Listen up Terrie - the STC reunion is on at Caloundra end of May. Ray and intend camping so expect to see you in your Hopemobile in the camping ground with us. Joan (Cavanagh) and I think of you often and envy your courage.
Lovya Carmen

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