Thank you @NatureLover for your wishes that I am able to get all pre surgery tests completed by this Wednesday. I don't think city hospitals realise how difficult it is to get appointments in the bush. Yeah, dear little Holly, I dont know what I will do without my baby.
Aww gee thanks so much Pea @Bunniekins love you heaps.
Hi @HenryX and thank you for your usual thoughtful and full response. My understanding is that I will be in the City hospital for 2-4 nights, depending on how I come through and that all went to plan. Then I will be transferred to my local hospital which has an inpatient rehab facility, and be there for 7-10 days. Hopefully the 7. I wont be allowed home therefore until at least a week and a half after surgery day. Expecting I should be fine to manage at home on my own by then. That's the plan anyway. Yep you're right about Holly ... I don't want her to suffer and I do want her to go out with some dignity. I will be making the call in the next couple of days I expect. Something more to be organised amongst the many appointments I need to make and attend to.
Thanks so much @Appleblossom . I hope your son is doing well at present? And you too of course.
Oh damn @TAB , I really hope the hospital gets their act together and organises your thyroid surgery asap. Is it a day surgery procedure or do you expect to be in overnight or longer?
Thank you @Shaz51 @Faith-and-Hope for the hugs and the support.
Thanks @Eve7 for your prayers and kind thoughts. Sounds like you have a pretty full on week coming up too with lots of medical appointments. I will be thinking of you also.
Dear @Anastasia ... lovely to see you here. You have been quiet for a while, with very good reason. How is your Dad going? It must be pretty heart wrenching watching him pass. I hope his end comes quickly and without pain.
Thanks @pancakes ... the back problem has been going on for way too long. The surgery itself has not been long at all. I only formally agreed to the surgery on 15th January, two weeks ago, when I saw the surgery for the second time. So it has actually come around very quickly. Even though I knew for some time that I would proceed with the recommendation to have the surgery. Just hope I can get all the pre-op tests done in the required time. Holly I think has only a matter of days left in her. I cannot put her through too much more. I just want a couple more days to spoil her and give her all her favourite treats and dinners. She is still eating well, thanks mainly to the steroids she has been on I think. She was on it to try to shrink or prevent further growth of the tumour in her sinuses. Not sure it was successful. Certainly she has deteriorated significantly over the past week.
Feeling really hyper and anxious today. So much to do, so much uncertainty, and such a short period of time in which to do it all. Been walking around like a lost sheep all day. Heaps to do, but cant be done on the weekend.
Thank you to all of you. Our Sane family are a wonderful bunch of people. Where would I be without you all?
Emelia 💞
