Friday, September 24, 2010

What life can dish us

It`s been a bit of a see saw week for emotions.
I ran into my half sister last week whom I haven`t seen for a couple of months now and she looked rather flustered,,,,
After the usual chit chat she hit me with her news....
She had stated that of late she has become very forgetful, and I said jokingly welcome to my world.....
My excuse is age what`s yours I said with a wry smile, as you see there is 20 years difference in our age....I`ve always seen myself more of a mother figure to her rather than a big sis....
After she had explained her symptons to her doctor she was referred to a specialist at the local hospital which is when I ran into her...
She has been diagnosed with a brain tumor...
Well you could have knocked me over with a feather....
It was like listening to the ailments of what my hubby has all over again as you see she has epilepsy also....Mind you only recently as 8 months ago she had her 3rd child and the delivery had complications where my sis had lost oxygen to the brain so hence the epilepsy....
So now she has had her CT scan and naturally the doctor has given her the worst case scenerio...
The tumor is sitting right on the brain stem which is pretty much in- opperable and with that they told her they give her 12 months.....
They have given her the option of trying radiotherapy to start with .....
Then the optimest steps in, me....
I explained to her that they said exactly the same thing to hubby, they gave him 8 months nearly 10 years ago and praise the lord he is still here with me to this day....
There is always hope and I said to her that you have alot to live for especially because of the fact you have 3 small girls who rely on you.....
She left with a postive outlook after we spoke and I hope that she feels the same way come the future....

Monday, September 6, 2010

What a storm

Wow, what a weekend we had with such extreme weather conditions....
It`s been many years since I have witnessed this...
It brought back childhood memories when walking home from school getting drenched and frozen to the bone....As soon as you walked into the door it was off with the clothes and into a nice hot bath to thaw out....
My youngest has never seen so much rain which we had in the last couple of days and he definitely couldn`t fathom the fact that I had to walk home from school.....My how much has changed...
I wonder is it safe to say we actually might be on the other side of the drought???...:)
Needless to say not much happened this weekend as one wasn`t game to venture too far from home....
But as always as quick as the storm front hit it is now quite a pleasant day so it`s outside to see what damage has taken place....
Lot`s of broken staues much to my dismay...
Oh well looks like an excuse to me to go out and buy myself some new ones....