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hello all. I haven't really read the thread but have read and thank you for all the good wishes and kindness. It helps. It really does. I have just got in, fed the boys, who have been angels, made a coffee and am now unwinding
Look away now if you don't want the gory bits. I normally unburden myself to big sis but she goes on hols next week and when I tell her I want to be able to say its all okay otherwise she'll cancel her hols.
The news is actually okay, not wonderful but quite a way off dreadful. The little bit of plastic tube that they put in his plumbing to keep it open till they remove what is growing outside it and squashing it has become partially blocked. They will need to get his plumbing drained again (more holes, more tubes) but all being well he should then be okay for his op and a permanent solution. As I left they were trying to fix up a surgeon and theatre for tonight and he was texting his biking pals and re-arranging rides from this week to next.
My Mum used to have a sampler on her wall, actually I made it for her, it said
"As soon as the rush is over
I am going to have a nervous breakdown.
I worked for it,
I owe it to myself,
And NOBODY is going to deprive me of it."