Hi Leah,
I agree with you 100%. We all tried to stay positive here for the duration of Henrys illness. I know that it worked for the most part. We had a wonderful love base to start with, so the rest was pretty easy. I was his social committee, his nurse, his wife, his cook, his counsellor, his therapist, his friend, his punching bag, his sounding board, but most of all his partner. We all tried to keep his body and his mind busy for most of the day and this helped him cope better. A busy agenda keeps your mind off of some of the crappy things that are happening. I like to think that there was no amount of money in the world that could have bought the care that my dear Henry had here at home from us. Yes, we were exhausted most of the time, but when we put him to bed at night and he smiled and said thank you I love you all, it was worth every ache in my hurting arms and back, and worth all the extra hundreds of things that I did every week, just out of love. We have no regrets, just wonderful memories, we miss him terribly, we cry alot, but then someone will say, some wisecrack that Henry used to say, and we all start to smile again. Yes, the sun does shine on positive happy people , and I like to think that all of us here are blessed.
Staay Strong,
Carol xo