Mother's Day

Well mother's day came a little earlier than usual at the Conroy household.  On Tuesday Adam made a little box covered in glitter and in the box was little pieces of tinsel.  By the time we got to the car after school, he'd opened the box, yelled "happy mother's day" and promptly threw the contents of the box over me!
"Mummy, I just couldn't wait" he said.
God love him!

When Ray was in hospital, one night Jack and I were having a talk and I was telling him the little things that I miss having Daddy away.

Every day this week he has gotten out of bed at 6am (before me) and made me a cup of coffee.

So what do I want for mother's day?

Nothing!

I am so proud of my boys and, although there are many times I want to scream and rip my hair out, I wouldn't have it any other way.

To my mum and step mum and mother in law, I send you these beautiful flowers and I thank you for not only your support in the past 6 weeks, but in my lifetime.

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Chemo & Radiation

Today was Ray's chemo day.
We got to the hospital at 11am and they got the fluids in straight away.
Chemo started about about 2.30 and went for an hour.
They then shuffled him off in a patient transport ambulance down to radiation at the Repat, along with his fluids drip.
The radiation only took about 10 minutes and then he was shuffled back to the Austin.
He's feeling fine so it seems that the anti-nausea drugs have worked.
Fingers crossed for the next few days.

The boys have timeout with their sissy

The boys were picked up by Mel on Friday night and they had a 2 night sleep over!
They were all excited and Mel took them out yesterday and took some great pics.

Adam - you crack me up!

My big growing up too quick - Jack

Ooops Adam has that look on his face - he's had enough!

It's been a while

Let me start with some photos:

Starting with day 1 after ICU (and he still has his CAM boot).
The walker he first started with and took off down the hallway of the hospital at top speed!
The first time outside - we had to wait until his trachy was removed and he was so glad to feel the breeze on his skin and to hear the noises of the outside world.
The next pic is when he spoke to his bestie for the first time without the talking cap on his trachy.  He was so happy!
Skinny legs in the shorts was the day we went and met the Radiology Oncologist.
A day out in the sun at Relay for Life - Ray managed 2 laps over 2 days and we were all so very proud of him.
Today inspecting his new car.

Life has gone on one day at a time, which is all we can do at the moment.

Ray is to have radiation daily for 6 weeks and after meeting with the Chemo Oncologist, it has been recommended that he have 2 doses of chemo.  The chemo is not compulsory but they recommend it.

After having a hearing test and finding that his hearing is not as good in his left ear than his right, Ray has decided to have 1 dose of chemo and then see how he goes.  The chemo that he's having could have an effect on his hearing so he will have another hearing test to make sure that it's stayed the same.

We have to call the hospital on Monday morning to see if there are any beds available for him to go in and have his chemo - he's also booked in to start radiation on Monday too.

Ray's physical and mental health are excellent and I'm sure both of these things will get him through the next 6 weeks.

Having the support and love of our family and friends has made this journey a little easier for us and for that we are eternally grateful.