We had a great weekend! We were at the zoo - saw the white baby bengal tigers - they were so cute! The girls did a shop til you drop day on Saturday while the boys golfed. It was so good for Callum to get out golfing - he played pretty good which was even better! He had some minor swelling in the arm where he had the clot but it hasn't caused many issues. On Sunday we went to a park that had some kiddie rides for the girls - they had such fun! It was just a blast all weekend to have them here! They made it home safely and we now have our next guests - an old friend from Brandon. She is here to visit her parents so she will have a busy few days.
Life becomes so different when dealing with a serious illness. It is almost weird how the weirdest, outlandish things become your "new normal". Let me explain. Callum and I had been disagreeing on which brain tumour is bigger. I have been trying to get the MRI and CT scan results so we could settle the disagreement. I was telling my nephew that I wanted to get the MRI report so that we could find out which tumour was bigger because we disagreed about it. He kind of gave me a strange look and then laughed. I realized then at how bizarre that statement was. But this is what we deal with. We have daily conversations about tumours, chemo, radiation and doctors appointments. It seems so weirdly normal for us. I sometimes forgot that many households don't usually talk about brain tumours, and the thought of them at all is so frightening they find it uncomfortable. OK - we are frightened about it, possibly a bit uncomfortable about it - but it is the cards we are dealt with (I need another metaphor for that, too - any ideas!). So, we deal with it.
We are both doing well - taking a bit of a rest today. Then we will be getting things together for our trip to Manitoba. It will be another busy week but we are getting used to that by now.
Happy August everyone!
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