As we got home from the Oncologists office Thursday night, Trish quickly began to fade. In retrospect, I think the news that she couldn’t get treatment for a fourth time was so devastating that she lost some of her will…
Final Cancer Week 23-25: A few good weeks…
After a month of relative stability, there are getting very worrisome signs. Trisha had defied the odds, but it’s getting harder. Here are our last few weeks up to Thursday, Sept 20th.
Africa Day 23: Hyena Frenzy as we depart the Serengeti
As we wake up, Trish bumps her head on the headboard. Again. She bumped it there before going to bed too. And she did it in Tydon. And in Shindzela. How does one hurt themselves in bed so much? Only…
Final Cancer Week 13: Ocean dreams and a harsh new reality
‘We have to get Jodi to give us her beach house. I have to get to the ocean.’ are Trish’s first words after finding out her cancer has spread internally. It’s not what I expected her to say at…
Africa Day 22: The Lobo Flies of the Apocalypse and Trish’s Condition Worsens.
The guys at the ‘Kuro’ campsite in the Serengeti make us some hot showers by boiling water on a wood fire and lifting 10 gallon jugs onto the ‘shower’ tube system behind our tents. It’s a trickle of lukewarm water,…