So have you made any New Year's Resolutions?? I/we haven't as I/we don't believe in them.... they always get broken and I don't like to not carry through on things. Life is a resolution to be kind to yourself and everything in moderation!
Dave continues to do really well, eating, energy levels increasing and still snoring like a trooper!!! Dave received a Garmin golf watch for Christmas, mainly to help him measure distances on the golf course but found it also monitors sleep patterns too. So each evening Dave is averaging 4-5 hours of deep sleep which is great. I on the other hand tried it last night and I'm only managing 2 hours of deep sleep... not enough for me!! Will have to get that sorted!!
We enjoyed a lovely, relaxing New Year's Eve at home. Before dinner enjoying a walk with Toby
Then home for Toby cuddles with his Great Great Uncle Murray and Great Great Aunty Jackie
The lads cooked us a delicious roast pork dinner. Thanks boys for a delicious meal. Dave did a tremendous job on the crackling, even enjoying a little bit himself!!! Les, Sherry, Sandie & Pete popped down briefly too for a drink after dinner. Most of us managed to see in the New Year, watching the Sydney fireworks on the TV, then disappearing off to bed at 12.15pm!! Dave tried a tiny sip of champagne to toast in the new year, however this was horrendous for him as it totally dried out his mouth due to only being able to produce 10% of his saliva.
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| love this pic of us both... thank Kimi for taking it! |
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| Love this pic of Jax & I too |
New Year's Day Dave, Murray and I were up early at 7.00am. So nice to wake up refreshed on New Years Day, without a hangover!!!! The boys went to play 18 holes of golf with Les and his brother Pete. I went walking for an hour with Sherry and her sister Sandie. Walking through the Bimbadgen vines these grapes just took my eye. Jono pointed out to me that one of the grapes has an eye... can you spot it too? Its a little weird looking!!
Jax and I then went to meet the boys on the 18th hole briefly enjoying the smokin & blues band playing at the Vintage. Great band but thought the sound was a bit loud, too hard to hear each other talk, particularly too for Dave as his hearing is still a little muffled/ringing. Popping in briefly afterwards to see friends. Then when we got home I'm not sure where Dave got his energy from as he then started pottering around in the garden fixing the watering system, which I had inadvertently put the garden fork through months ago!!! We finally convinced him to come and rest up!
The 2nd January Jax and Murray took off on their second leg of their holiday, enjoying 2 nights in Sydney before they fly back to NZ. Whereas Dave, Kimi, Jono, Toby and I just blobbed in the media room watching movies... so nice to simply do nothing... well I did manage to get three loads of washing done in between movies! Later on having a lovely picnic in our park with great friends, enjoying lemongrass and ginger tea with yummy Christmas cake. Such a nice way to spend a couple of hours. Then experiencing a delicious Thai take-away from Oishi as none of us wanted to cook!!
On Wednesday this week Dave has his full body PET scan to check to see if all the cancer has gone. I do hope so!!!!
Some of you keep asking what a PET scan means... its a positron emission temography (PET) scan... its an imaging test that allows the doctor to check for diseases in the body. The scan uses a special dye that has radioactive glucose tracers. The tracers are injected into a vein in the arm. The organs and tissues then absorb the tracer, with cancer cells having a higher uptake of the glucose. The scan measures where the radioactive glucose is concentrated. There are some pictures at the end of our first blog post of what the scan looks like if you missed them. We will get the results on Monday so fingers crossed for then!!!
As we have our Kimi, Jono and Toby with us we are unable to take them to the hospital with us as Dave isn't allowed to be in close proximity with children/babies for 6 hours after the scan. Dave can be in the same room/house but no Toby cuddles until the next day.
And, Thursday will be a busy day driving to Sydney and back to drop off Jono, Kimi and Master Toby whom fly back to NZ. There were seven of us then there will be just two!! :-( be strange for a little while.
From Love Is All You Need...
The heart that loves is always young.
Greek proverb
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From You Are My "Once in a Lifetime" I will always love you.... by Marci
I Will Always Love You
Your love is the most important thing in my life.
I know I don't always tell you, but I want to remind you of how I feel.
When I am with you, the past and the future lose all meaning,
as the "present" with you is truly a gift.
Thank you for all you are to my life... my love,
my companion, my friend. I will always love you.
xxx
Till next week.... be kind to yourself, I know I have to be kind to me!!
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