1 March, 2018

Day 4 at Vic.
Nick's doing surprisingly well this morning. The nausea is well managed so far, Nick's eating (not enthusiastically), and looks less wasted than before his arrival. Best of all, his sense of humour is intact. I attribute all of this to Alex, who plans to be a dietician one day.  Hope the whole course of treatment goes this way.

Living at the hospital and taking care of Nick is a full-time job, far more draining than teaching. We miss our students, colleagues, being in the main stream of life.

On the other hand, we never lose sight of how blessed we are. We have colleagues, friends and relatives who give selflessly of their food, wine, time, music and good will. We have an employment situation that allows us to be there for Nick and not starve - thank you SDCI, WCI, TVDSB & OSSTF.

We're also grateful to the medical team that's been on Nick's case for five years so far, and even for the wretched disease for being non-chemo-resistant (so far), so that there is till some hope for a cure.








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