Driving home from the hospital, you realise you’ve never had a more exhausting week. You’ve driven this road so many times lately, but never like this. You rest your head back while the light is red. ’Pretty intense week, Huh?’ John reaches over and gives your hand a squeeze. ‘I’ve hardly seen you. It doesn’t feel fair. I get to just lie there resting and being looked after while you are flat out running from one end of town to the other. Not to mention all those sessions with the nurses. What were they all about?’
‘Well, the daily sessions with the nurses virtually gave me a crash course in what it’s taken them years to learn and longer to master. On top of that, there were appointments with providers to organise equipment and home nursing …show more content…
‘I wish there was more money so it could be easier. Then professionals could just come in to home and do all that was done at the hospital. Considering the available budget, though, you’re fairly well it. I’m so sorry.’
‘I admit it has been hard, but I’m coping. I think it’s been even more intense than the week before we got married. That was hectic, with appointments for hair and make-up and dress fittings and so many other things . . .’
‘Followed by an extravagant wedding ceremony,’ John interrupts, ’a huge party and a three week honeymoon luxuriating with a healthy husband on tropical beaches. How can you possibly compare that with going through the demanding week you’ve just endured so that you get to be home with your dying husband and have to work harder that you already do to look after me and the …show more content…
She’s right. The fridge is full. It’s not so much the casserole dishes that catch your eye, but rather the little notes attached to each lid. You pull one off – ‘Hang in there. Let me know if there is anything I can do, Love Karen.’ Checking another one out, you read, ‘There’s plenty more where this came from. Don’t waste time cooking when you have friends who want to help, Love Helen.’ Mum has rallied a brigade of friends to supply more food than you and john could ever eat. And she’s shopped for everything else you need, including the milk that you missed this morning. You had to make do with green tea again before you set off for the
‘Well, the daily sessions with the nurses virtually gave me a crash course in what it’s taken them years to learn and longer to master. On top of that, there were appointments with providers to organise equipment and home nursing …show more content…
‘I wish there was more money so it could be easier. Then professionals could just come in to home and do all that was done at the hospital. Considering the available budget, though, you’re fairly well it. I’m so sorry.’
‘I admit it has been hard, but I’m coping. I think it’s been even more intense than the week before we got married. That was hectic, with appointments for hair and make-up and dress fittings and so many other things . . .’
‘Followed by an extravagant wedding ceremony,’ John interrupts, ’a huge party and a three week honeymoon luxuriating with a healthy husband on tropical beaches. How can you possibly compare that with going through the demanding week you’ve just endured so that you get to be home with your dying husband and have to work harder that you already do to look after me and the …show more content…
She’s right. The fridge is full. It’s not so much the casserole dishes that catch your eye, but rather the little notes attached to each lid. You pull one off – ‘Hang in there. Let me know if there is anything I can do, Love Karen.’ Checking another one out, you read, ‘There’s plenty more where this came from. Don’t waste time cooking when you have friends who want to help, Love Helen.’ Mum has rallied a brigade of friends to supply more food than you and john could ever eat. And she’s shopped for everything else you need, including the milk that you missed this morning. You had to make do with green tea again before you set off for the