So far, so good

Well, maybe it is a little bit too early to say that - it is only 8.40am. But Husband has taken the new anti-vomit pills sent by the doctor, has had his breakfast, has NOT puked YET! He is lying down now, trying to catch his breath.... as today is going to be a tiring day for him, and a busy one for me.

Today, for a change, I am going to take some "me" time (Thanks for the reminder Jo!!). Even as I write this, Hwee Peng is on her way from good ol' Sinjapoh, being driven up by her sister and bro-in-law, who are coming to KL for Xmas with their 2 girls. Hopefully she will be here by 10am!! WHY that specific time? Because I have booked appointments for manicure/pedicure for her, and pedicure for my sister and myself, at 11am, in Bangsar Village II (Chic Nail Spa by Soong Ai Ling). It is my favourite nails place, as they do a very good job - best that I have found in KL anyway!

Following that, my sister will head home (she is cooking a roast leg of lamb for Xmas Eve family dinner!!!), while I will go and cut my hair (looks a bit like a birds nest right now. If I am not careful, I might HAVE birds nesting in there :-p ), and colour it too. Peng will go shopping while I do that.... after which we head home and rest up, before heading to PJ for our family dinner tonight (Peng being an honorary member of our family :-D ).

And, don't worry, Husband will NOT be left on his own. My mum is turning up here at 10am (being dropped off by my sister on her way to BV II) to keep Husband company, and make sure he eats lunch and is generally kept company. Once I get back home this afternoon, I will take my mum back to PJ.

What else is new? We applied the first pain patch around 2pm yesterday, and it is supposed to be effective for 3 days - so the next pain patch gets applied at around 2pm on Saturday. Of course, the first patch would have taken 12 hours, from time of application, to take effect, so yesterday we had to continue with the liquid morphine at 3pm, 7pm and 11pm. Today onwards however, unless Husband has extreme breakthrough pain, there should be no need for the liquid morphine on a regular basis. He also started on the Neurontin (for the arm pain) last night, though that will take a few days for it to take affect. Till then, it will be hard for him to sit up on a regular basis, as it more bearable for him when he lies down, and quite painful even when he sits up for just 10 minutes.

I have to head for the Mont'Kiara evening market around 4.30pm, to get my usual apples, oranges, banana's (my daily breakfast!), after which we will get all prettified before we head over to PJ for our Xmas Eve family dinner! It will be a completely different menu from our usual Xmas Eve dinners. Normally we have Indian food - veg beriyani, chicken curry, raita, some veg or other, dry beef curry, beef/potato cutlets, etc, etc, etc. This time we are having fried chicken (done by my mum), roast leg of lamb (done by my sister), beef stew (done by me), salad, and other odds and ends... followed by apple pie (done by my brothers' 2 daughters, following their father's recipe, and using more filling than pie crust!!), mince pies (done by my brother and my sister), and Xmas cake (done by my sis-in-law). Let's just say that we will be absolutely STUFFED TO THE GILLS by the time we finish.

Of course, we always drag out dinner as long as possible, as it drives the kids NUTS having to wait till after dinner to open their presents :-D. Where's the fun if we don't make them wait a while, right?

That's the story for now. I am sure other things will happen during the course of the day to either force change of plans, or just generally add to the fun of Xmas! But, as always, please continue to keep Husband in your thoughts and prayers, that he will get past the vomiting, that the Neurontin will work fast for his arm, and that he will be able to build his strength up steadily, so he can get back to somewhat normal life!

Till next time, stay safe, stay HEALTHY!