Sunday today, a service in the cafeteria after breakfast and we were surprised to see Dr Contreras again, Caroline only saw him once last year. He was very interesting, speaking for about 1/2 hour about his father's work and his own, starting from a lifetime achievement award he had just received for work with cancer patients. I forgot to take my camera for photos, but will try to get one from one of the other patients tomorrow. Dr Contreras was followed by Bruce, one of the missionaries, who talked about his own cancer treatment, remembering when he had to learn to have coffee enemas and how the nurse would arrive with a jug of coffee for him, telling him ' good mexican coffee - no cream, no sugar'.
There is an Amish couple from Wisconsin in the hospital, Ruth Ann and David, she had surgery on Friday and appeared at breakfast today looking very well. She is extremely friendly and is enjoying talking to everyone at meal times. They have 8 children, 5 still at home, the oldest two looking after the farm and house.
Caroline has felt much better today, the eye drops have helped and she slept almost 10 hours last night. I was going to go on the market trip today and leave her to rest, but there weren't enough people wanting to go so we went for a walk through the malls and past the chocolate shop. We bought some dark chocolate goodies to try, a few choc raisins and chocolate with almonds.
It feels as if we are on another planet here, the time difference with home, 8 hours behind, is difficult to get to grips with, most of the time we are awake, they are asleep. For most people emotions are very close to the surface, but although all the patients have major health problems, it's not an unhappy place and Caroline and I have had a lot of laughs.
Quite a few people have gone home in the last few days so we're waiting to see if tomorrow brings any new arrivals.
News from home is good, Dad seems to be recovering well from surgery and will be moving to Alnwick hospital before going home.
Keep the comments coming, it's lovely to get a response.
Morning All. Reminds me of the joke..... "with friends like tese, who needs enemas!" Groan groan!
ReplyDeletePouring down here in Eaglescliffe. Attempts will be made today to dispose of the tree that fell down in the grounds last week. It's a beech tree & over 300 yr old so it'll take some shifting. Sad to see it go.
Great that Caroline's feeling better. Hope the 'shoot' goes well - we look forward to seeing the results!
I print off your blog each day & take it home for the boys to have a read. It's great to hear how you're both doing. Love & Hugs xxx
Greetings from Memphis, TN. It is great to see that all is going better for Chris back home and for Caroline in Mexico. I have to remind myself that you are not the 6-7 hours AHEAD of us when you write your posts. You are actually 1-2 hours BEHIND us here in Memphis. This blog is a wonderful way to keep up with what is going both with you and Caroline, but I also enjoy the comments with the news from home. Dave was so nice to pass the link on to me. When I first opened it up this morning, I had planned to just scan it, however I ended up going back to the beginning and reading all of the way thru. I look forward to your future entries.
ReplyDeleteToday is Nancy and my 24th anniversary. It will be the first that we have spent without either Colin or Caroline around since Colin was born. Both are 3 hours south in Jackson, Mississippi. She just started college and he just finished and is looking for employment.
Our love to all ......
We are glad to hear both Caroline and Chris are feeling better. We also understand the "other side of the world" syndrome you are feeling. Our contact with our sons Michael and Daniel is much better now we are in Idaho and not half a world away! We will continue to pray for Caroline and Chris. Love, Ted
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ReplyDeleteI think/hope I am now enabled to post to comment. Thanks for including me in your posts. So glad to hear that Caroline is feeling better and that Chris is on the mend. On the broken hip front my mother is now walking on just one stick so I hope Chris has a similar recovery. I guess Monday means back to treatments for Caroline - hope she has been able to take everything that is planned now. love to all, Rosalind xxx