Flaming June

Monday 1st June

Amanda received her call to return to the hospital at 7.45am. There was a bed spare and all hope that the operation to remove whatever the black mass on her brain would take place today. (See blog entry 15th May.)

After hours of waiting, (including several hours in a treatment room which doubles up as a storage facility as there were no other rooms/beds available), at 2pm the porter came to collect Amanda. That was it. No dramatic build up...just that he had to deliver her to the theatre. Why is it called theatre anyway? OK granted there are lots of dramatic performances played out there but it's hardly entertaining?

The operation took just over three hours.

She enjoyed her first meal for 24 hours at 8pm. Nothing special - egg mayo sandwich, a fruit yoghurt and a cup of tea. Amanda doesn't normally eat or drink any of these but such was her hunger, it was the best meal she'd had in a long time.

Despite being drowsy, she was remarkably upbeat, grateful at whatever malevolent festering mass of badness that had darkened our lives this past three weeks was no more.

Apart from that, we know precious little else about what exactly the mass consists of just yet - that will come later.

For now, we'll enjoy the moment that Amanda was in very good spirits post-op. She'll remain on the Critical Care Unit under observation this evening which is purely routine. she hooked up to monitors checking her pulse and blood pressure, which are all amazingly good reading.

More to follow....

Dean