Cuddles are the currency of life! In situations like this, you really do learn to appreciate the small things. A hug is so powerful. It gives strength and comfort all in one go. It can be used in happiness and sadness, in boredom and excitement. Blue Hugs are those bittersweet hugs that you never want to let end.
I give Shane a Blue Hug every night before I go home.
It is such an emotional moment as we are usually settling into bed beside each other at this time. It takes all of my strength the tear myself away from him as the voice of reason prevails and tells me its late and I need to go home.
The weekend went by so fast and today I found myself back at work again. Meanwhile, Shane had a busy day working on his tan. They call it radiation, but its really just sitting in a solarium soaking up some rays. All he has to do is sit there in good squishy comfort for 40min and watch Shrek. Radiation is basically high powered X- rays that can be targeted to certain areas and vary in intensity. Today Shane started the total body radiation (TBI), but last week he had eight days of Craniospinal radiation as a "boost" (so the Drs say). This is due to the fact that Shane relapsed within his Central Nervous System (CNS). This will hopefully ensure that the Leukaemic cells are well and truly gone. According to the radiation Drs, this type of leukaemia is quite sensitive to radiation therapy. However, without stem cell transplantation, all research suggests that patients eventually relapse systemically. Which is bad news.
Other than Shane's glowing tan, side effects are not too bad today. We'll see what tomorrow brings (hopefully a bunch more hugs... Pink ones!).
Happy Monday xx
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