Saturday 16th October

Hello All

After a few challenging days, Jerry has had a good day today. A few days ago, it became more and more difficult for him to eat and drink because of nausea and so he has not had a lot of intake recently. Subsequently he has been very tired. He has lost weight and this is due to both the operation and also low food intake and possible the cancer. The doctors tried him on anti-nausea drugs and the first did not work. However, today they increased the dose and he was able to keep food down. This is good progress. He is being closely monitored now. His pain is managed very well and he does not have any discomfort from that.

We go in to visit in the afternoons and take him down to the café in the wheelchair. Today, being a beautiful, mild, sunny autumn day, we took him outside and he really enjoyed that. We hope now that he will be able to continue to eat and pick up some strength. He is able to draw and listens to the radio and I just spoke to him and he was in very good spirits, having listened to an interesting radio documentary.

To all of you who have sent emails: I have printed them out for Jerry and he has really enjoyed reading them. Thanks a lot.

Anne x x