So far he has weathered the treatment very well physically. We are keeping our fingers crossed that there won't be any nasty things popping up this week as his blood counts drops.
Peter has been tired the past two days. Even though he is doing amazingly well, he felt blue today thinking of the road ahead. Who can blame him! Rereading books in German by Remarque and Duerrenmatt has been a welcome escape into another world.
Peter has been tired the past two days. Even though he is doing amazingly well, he felt blue today thinking of the road ahead. Who can blame him! Rereading books in German by Remarque and Duerrenmatt has been a welcome escape into another world.
We have been enjoying excursions to the courtyard for the past three days since the sun finally came out again after several days of rain. Peter longs to be outdoors, even in a confined environment. And guess what, weather
permitting, he goes down there to do his morning exercises. Unfortunately I have never arrived early enough to take a picture of my athlete.
Of course we have been eating well. Soon I will post a recipe of a spring greens quiche I made recently. Peter loves quiche, Peter loves cream, so there is lots of that in there. Remember, I need to fatten him up. One of the male nurses gave me strict orders the other day to forget making all that healthy low fat food.
Today being Mothers Day I decided to have a day off from cooking. I defrosted a yummy cassoulet Christina had made for us three weeks ago and Marie, the master baker, brought over a delicious peach tart at tea time. Heidi and I spent a few hours in in our garden eating sushi for lunch and enjoying each other's company. Mark called to wish me happy Mothers Day and we skyped at length when I returned to the hospital. It was a nice day.
Last night Heidi prepared dinner, one of her stellar Asian dishes with baby bok choy and tofu. She spent the evening with Peter while I went to a wine tasting dinner with dear friends. The focus was Spanish white wines served with a 6 course Spanish inspired meal. I had a wonderful time and met some interesting people. I wished Peter were there. He loves Spanish wine. But there is a plan. Once Peter is done with all of his treatments and is well again, we will celebrate with a Tapas dinner at Mary and Peter's house.
Many thanks to all of you for your posts, e-mails, cards and letters full of love and caring. It means so much to us to know we are not alone in this fight.
4 comments:
A great photo of you Peter. I can imagine it must be hard this time, knowing what you know from before and your duration of recovery. Books, music,& great food from Jutta and your friends. At least you can have that.
So glad you had a nice Mother's Day despite the situation. It sounds you both are making the best of a challenging time in your lives. Good luck with the numbers and their recovery.
Dear Peter, what exercises can you do while you're on a drip? That's a real accomplishment -- after you get through this rough patch perhaps you might consider writing a little note telling others what they can do and give it to PT or nursing at the hospital so others can benefit from your ingenuity? Most impressive...of course, I'm not surprised!
Love, Joan and David
It's a long slog to peace of mind. But you both have deep reserves and will nudge one another along towards the prospect of a pleasant, lazy summer spent at home. Peter, I know it's rough going right now, but I know it will all be worth it when it's behind you. As always, we send our love and positive thoughts you way.
Monica and Gregg
Hi Peter and Jutta--
We're thinking of you both, and remain inspired by your poise in the midst of all of this. But Peter, I can see the look on your face: "Get me out of here! Let me get back to my real life!" We are all looking forward to that day. Glad that Jutta has finally backed off on that low fat diet. Not sure exactly what that means--switching from full-fat cream to goose fat in all her cooking?
Love,
Bruce & Landis
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