Goodnight, Sweet Sister

Susan died peacefully at about 01:15 this morning.  She fought a phenomenal battle for 3 years.

I love you, sweet sister.  Sleep well.

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Call From The Hospice (12:42 am)

"Susan has taken a turn for the worse."

Update

Sue is in a coma.

In Sue's Hospice Room

The Cancer Whirlpool

I've made a collage of my latest Carers' Group project and have uploaded it, as an unlisted video, to YouTube. The soundtrack is a recording I made of the birds outside Mum's window on Monday evening.

Please click this link (not the photo):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QomNCVK1AyM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Susan is extremely ill in the Hospice.

At The Hospice

Sasha, the "Pets As Therapy" ward visitor :)

Well, My Anger's Coming Out ...

... thanks to The Marie Curie Hospice, Carers' Group.

Thanks, Carol

"A true friend is someone who thinks you are a good egg, even though he knows you are slightly cracked" - lol

Expanding My Universe?

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one'."

- C.S. Lewis

Back Into The Hospice

A great birthday but a very, very tough weekend. Met the new Macmillan Nurse today. I like her a lot. She was as worried as I am and organised an emergency admission for intensive symptom control.

Here are some of Sue's birthday flowers from Friday.

Treats For My Sister's Birthday

Miraculously, Sue managed to wake up this morning (it was touch and go, for a while, after the strenuous day she had yesterday) and we're now at Charles Worthington, Percy Street Branch. She's having a cut and colour. I'm sitting in a comfortable armchair, drinking tea, eating Brownies and generally chilling out.

I may sneak in a fringe-trim and tidy before we leave.

My Sister's Birthday Tomorrow

♫♫Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday, dear Sissssssterrrr!!
Happy Birthday to you ...♫♫ xxxxx

GREAT INSIGHT

"I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that.  Then I realised I was somebody"

Lily Tomlin

Happy Easter

My gorgeous German Goddaughter (aged 10) stayed with us for 5 days last week and yesterday we went out for lunch with mum and our French cousins.

We've had a very happy (International) family Easter.

Eh, I Must Be Tired

... slicing the banana into the teapot wasn't a good idea, otherwise :-/

More Hospice Art :)

Hmmmm, maybe I need to add a few leaves; my version looks like a brain :-/

I Love Spring!!

My Marie Curie Daffodils - Update

My "Real" Marie Curie Daffodil is Drying ...

... so here's a pic of my "virtual" daffodil; photographed unpainted, colour stripped out by "Colour Effects" iPad App, recoloured & framed using Colour Effects, Skitch & PS Express iPad Apps. So soothing to do. This art-relaxation-thing really works!!

(P.S. The "real" daff I'm making at the Hospice's Carers' Group is a clay model, painted with acrylic)

Back In The Hospice

They're hoping this latest episode is just reversible toxicity, caused by the recent infections in her legs.