Last Friday Jane had a surprise party. She really didn't have a clue who was coming or what we were doing until she came downstairs on Friday evening. All she knew was that two couples were coming to stay and she needed to put a dress on. In fact 14 of us assembled at home for drinks on the patio and then we all went to Fisherton Mill for dinner where Nigel and Molly met us (they had dashed back from Wimbledon especially).
Lydia did the flowers for the tables, Leo's face tells the story about the wonderful food and after dinner Pete Aves played wonderful guitar and sang; it was a lovely evening.
Not such good news - Jane's neck hasn't improved as much as we had hoped from the radiotherapy. She saw her GP during the week who thinks she may have cracked a vertebra. The immediate recommended response is to take steroids but we know that will mean moon face, weight gain and, most importantly, will adversely affect her joints in the longer term. Jane is seeing the oncologist tomorrow and so I will blog again shortly. Suffice to say, we are all a bit concerned at this turn of events and hope for better times ahead.
To finish on a brighter note, Jane's nephew, Jake, has been discharged from hospital having had really positive results from the bone marrow transplant. He still has a long way to go but this is very encouraging.
Please keep praying for Jane and Jake.
God Bless you.
PS If you are in need of cheering up take a look at David Sedaris reading his Stadium Pal essay on the David Letterman show on You Tube. The link might be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBdymtyXt8Y
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