Day +3
Boy is it quiet here at the weekend! We are in Room 1, the ward is like a long corridor with 10 rooms on one side. The nurses station is opposite room 7, so we are as far away as we can be from them and nobody ever walks past us. In some ways it is good but it is also very isolating. Up until last week we had a little boy next door and he was able to go into the playroom opposite us, so he would smile and wave as he passed. But he has gone home and so now it feels very lonely sometimes. I have been going a bit stir crazy, but this afternoon I swapped with Derek and saw Bernie for the first time since Wednesday, he gave me lots of hugs! It was so lovely to see him, and as a bonus Ruth (yellow) visited so I had some adult company too!
Jesse is OK but not great. He was quite grumpy this morning, but eventually said he really fancied some mango and some Turkish delight. I had the mango so went and peeled some, he took two bites and said how delicious it was, then threw it all up! That was the end of the mango idea. This afternoon he had half a satsuma and then noticed he had mouth sore. He said it wasn't the Melphalan, he had bitten cheek, I'm not so sure...we'll have to wait and see. This evening Derek turned up with some Turkish delight (he had scoured Kilburn and the Edgware Road to find some). Jesse enjoyed one piece, which promptly came straight back up again. So today he has only had half a satsuma and over a litre of milk plus his feed through the night. Poor thing has lost 1kg since we arrived two weeks ago. He has been complaining of a sore bottom today, another Melphalan side effect. I think he'll need codeine tomorrow and then he can have morphine if it gets worse. Keep all your fingers crossed that his mouth doesn't get bad please!
In spite of all this he is still in good spirits most of the time, we are ploughing through the Famous Five at a rate of knots; its the only thing that he always wants to do. Thank you Enid once again! And thank you for you comments too; Jesse's still loving the jokes (he wasn't too sure about your nits joke Cory, but he did think it was funny that you had nits!) so keep them coming. Say hello to Balfour Infants from us Tracy; the blog is probably blocked, sorry about that! And I'll let you know how we get on tomorrow,
love
C
x
PS Leo, does Poochiella Puddleduck look anything like the photo? Jesse is thinking about a lady friend for Mr Skippy Walladoggy, I'll let you know what he says soon...
posted by Jesse Richards @ 21:54
9 Comments
9 Comments:
Hi Jesse
I am a friend of your dad's...he fixes my computer. I met you a couple of times a long ago now.
Here is a really bad joke...
Q. What do you call a man with jelly and ice cream and custard stuck in his ears?
A. A 'trifle' deaf !!
Good luck
Tim
Fiveways Directory
Dear Jesse
Do hope you are feeling better and you are able to eat a few more of the things you fancy.
We are about to leave the Perth heat and sunshine and fly back to London. We get home on Wednesday.
And we haven't seen any kangaroos or wallabies this time....
As I can't tell jokes this will have to be short! Just to let you know we are thinking of you and admire you so much.
Lots of love to you, C,D,L,A,S and B
Venetia and John xxxx
Hi Jesse, Hi Claudia,
We last met quite a long time ago, when
you were still a baby, but Lily visited
my house in Dunblane in Scotland last
year.
I'm your, er, cousin, although I'm 35
years old and so feel a bit more like an
uncle than a cousin.
My kids are called Kieran (who's 8) and
Daisy (who's 2). If you want to ask
my Auntie Claudia to email me, you can
see a web page with a zillion photos
of them.
Auntie Claudia will be happy to explain
what a haiku is (isn't that right,
Auntie Claudia?). Here are two I found
about a cat.
--
I want to be close
to you. Can I fit my head
inside your armpit?
--
Humans are so strange.
Mine lies still in bed, then screams.
My claws are not that sharp.
--
And here is one about Kipper.
Kipper sits silent
waiting for his breakfast.
Big eyes are hungry.
--
Perhaps you could ask Auntie Claudia
to write some more hauiku. :->
Am now in Tobagao, the dogs and cockerels are very nois in the morning, but as
I haven't ever heard Kipper bark I dont' know if he was one of them. He
certain;y wasn't around my roomon the 1st night which was lucky for him. I
woke up to find my floor was 3-4 inchess ( hmmm maybe I shd say may about
20cms in deep in water)- he would have got very wet.
I'm now aving a ever tap fitteed to the shower!lastyear they had to fit lever
taps to the wash hand basin cos I flooded aanother apartment.
So sorry to hear about Bernie's ug,hope he's more betta by now so you Mummy and
daddy can see each other .
On the joke front- hmmm , I can only remeber one - When Joby and Robb were your
age they were into poo jokes, here goes:
Q.Why the toilet run down the hill?
A. Cos it wanted to get the bottom.
Excuse my typin - sun shining on screen, keyboard is level with my chin, and
creens far too high - all very Tobagan.
Lots of love
from us all
Gaby + co
Hi Jesse
Really, really pleased to hear that you're doing so well. If it helps, on the bum front, Charlie is also a little bit sore. He's also eating lots of milk and something called baby rice which looks totally bleugh. Here's my favourite joke, hope you like it. It's the only one I can tell as I'm rubbish at it. Here goes... Two cats decide to swim the Channel. The first cat is English and is called "One Two Three"; the second cat is French and is called "Un Deux Trois" Which one won?
The English cat won because Un Deux Trois cat sank. Ha Ha.
Lots of love
Julie (in Birmingham)
Hi jesse.
We have a few bad cricket jokes.
what do you call a cricket that flies?
A cricket bat!
and what do you call a dancing cricket?
a cricket ball!
anyway good luck!
Henry
Dear Jesse,
I am Sophie a French girl who spent few weeks with your lovely family in London.
I do not have jokes in English but two boys not always well behaved. I will ask them a funny face for you and will try to send you a picture.
Good luck and lots of love for all of you
Sophie, Sylvain, Leo and Jules
Hi Jesse, Hi Claudia,
I promised Scott that I'd log in and see how you're all doing as we forgot to look after school. Great to see all is ok'ish - too bad about the ulcers Jesse - fingers crossed that they heal soon & don't give you too much trouble. Ceri is now a black belt in karate and Scott is a brown belt and both thought Cory looked cool in his outfit - Ceri thinks you deserve a black belt for being so brave & so do we all.
Keep smiling
love lots
sophie, Carleton, Ceri & Scott
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
testing
Q: What do you get when you cross a parrot and a shark ?
A: A bird that talks your ear off!
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Q: What do you get if you cross a cat with a parrot ?
A: A carrot !
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Q: Why was the chicken afraid of the chicken?
A: Because he was chicken!
This joke was made up by: Kerry M. age 12 from CT, USA.
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