Sunday, January 18, 2009

STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT

HALLUCINATIONS AND PARANOIA ARE SYMPTOMS OF CANCER THAT ARE EXPECTED AT THIS STAGE OF THE DISEASE.

WE ARE TOLD THAT AS TIME GOES ON IT GETS WORSE.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT JUDITH GOT EXTREMELY AGITATED AND PARANOID, MAKING NO SENSE AND SCARING THE HELL OUT OF BOTH OF US.

I HELD BACK TEARS AS I ADMINISTERED YET ANOTHER NEW, STRONG (ANTI-HALLUCINATORY) DRUG, HELD HER TIGHT AND REASSURED HER, AND GOT HER BACK TO SLEEP.

CANCER IS A FORMIDABLE ADVISORY.

WES (aka the night watchman)

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