Catherine had a good day today but is having trouble sleeping tonight and is a bit warm. I have just checked her temperature, and whilst it is higher than usual, it is not at fever level. She hasn't eaten much today but has just had half a banana for her midnight snack!
She now has absolutely no hair. This is the first time in treatment that she has lost her hair completely, and her head is so silky smooth. I keep stroking her head but she doesn't seem to mind! The other day she said what short hair she has now. She added that soon she will need a haircut, before laughing hysterically as she knows her hair has 'disappeared'. Her little friends have now noticed the absence of hair and have made innocent comments. It is odd that, even though she only had about a centimetre of hair before this block of chemo, her friends have really realised what has happened this time! She still doesn't feel any need to wear her wig, and it is a challenge at the moment trying to get her to wear a wooly hat. She enjoys being hair and hat free.
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Hi. You don't know me nor should you except that I have a lovely wife and four kids and love them and more than them, Jesus. I don't know your pain or your situation and if I'm honest I don't want to but you know... Christ took our punishment and we share (gloriously) in His suffering so I see your blog and hear your voices and by necessity that we are His Body, share in what you currently encounter. Having a son who was extremely ill I understand the experience of seeing someone so loved in a place of what seems like irredeemable illness. I know he could have died and was close and you could say, well even without faith in God he may have got well but I don't choose to think that might have been the case, I know that there were an incredible amount of people praying (and many still are even nearly a year and a half later) and pleading on his and our behalf and the Jesus Christ is Lord of all. Jesus is certainly Lord and I encourage you to simply keep trusting. Hard as it will be at times both publicly and privately, keep trusting God and do it together. There is nothing so universally complete or that completes us as a family and individuals. Don't try to be brave, and be open and honest (as your blog indicates). We were constantly encouraged that for us all and for our son specifically that God said, 'I have a plan for you 'says The lord', a plan to prosper and not to harm you, to give you a future'. So be encouraged, savor the moments whether happy or tear stained and bring everything into 'the store house' and present it for God to use. Last point in my mini sermon... Since we are surrounded by such a great crowd of witnesses let us press on towards the 'mark'. The crowd should'nt be spectators in the stands cheering you on but those who run with you and at times will carry you. So here's to running with you and if you get a little too heavy there'll be plenty of others running with you. Love to you both.
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