A life changing week...

The last week has been the toughest week of my life. On Friday 30th January my mum went into hospital for a CT scan as she's been very unwell since Christmas. My mum has since not left hospital.

Maw in law (left) and my mum (right)

Most of last year my mum had complained of a constant headache, which seemed to get worse as the year progressed. She began to get dizzy which got progressively worse too. She'd had vertigo four years ago and the doctors and specialists thought it was a recurrence of the vertigo; us included. Her ability to balance and walk declined quite rapidly after my wedding and she began to be sick on NYE, which had never happened before. She was given a plethora of drugs, diagnosed with vestibular migraine and discharged.

In the following week an appointment letter arrived for the CT scan, which we were pleased about as my mum's symptoms did not seem to be improving. I live down south and my parents live up north, so I decided to attend the CT scan appointment and I'm so glad I did.

After her CT scan we were asked to wait as the Consultant wanted to see her. Yeah, that was the moment I knew something wasn't right. The Consultant confirmed that the scan showed something abnormal and that they would need to keep her in. My mother had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Surreal!

In the last seven days my Mum has been diagnosed, had the tumour removed, been on life support in intensive care, regained consciousness and got back on her feet and pleased all the consultants, nurses and physios no end. She's a tough ole' northern bird!

That said, it's not to be underestimated the potential challenges ahead on her road to recovery. Having a brain tumour can be a life changing event and we are yet to know her prognosis - more torturous waiting ahead. Here's hoping she progresses as well as she has done the past three days.

I'm still trying to process what exactly has happened during the past seven days, so plan to blog more on this, particularly how it affects immediate family, how to cope with such news and how to support one another, and I'm really keen to blog about her road to recovery too. Watch this space...

The Family

I hope you all have a great week ahead and one that is filled with family, love, fun and laughter.
Shones
xoxo

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