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Dear Readers,

Thank you for leaving your beautiful and lovely messages for Mom (and us) to read. We are now very close to the time where Mom can read them for herself.

Both of the last posts were written after we had received positive news regarding Mom’s development. And shortly after I had published them her health took a turn for the worse again. A part of me wondered if I had been too quick to pass on the news of her improvements. I feel almost scared of writing a new positive update as a fear started growing in me. What if Mom would get worse again? I could not take another of the free falls in the roller coaster of emotions. I hope it will not be like that this time.

Mom has been at the hospital for well over a month. She is now awake and talks and seems better. She is longing to get out of the hospital and be with the animals again. Which brings me to my next point.

I noticed that I have left out to write much about the animals and for this I am sorry. Odin is feeling much better and though he is 4 years old, he is still acting like a puppy in many ways. He would like to cuddle and play all day long, at least until he needs sleep. Odin loves his Mom and we know he misses her but he is strong. He is done taking his medication and fools around like the big and loving dog he is.

The cats are older and have always had Mom at their side and to them other humans cannot make up for her not being home. Bully was never particularly fond of anyone else than Mom and has always been a bit moody. Sometimes he would graciously come by and expect to be cuddled for a minute or two, before he would find that this was enough and then leave again. And if the human he had specially offered the honour to cuddle him would not react promptly, he would make sure to indicates his dislike of our lack of thankfulness by biting us in the knee. As Mom has been away for so long he has decided to warm up to me and even came to bed to cuddle for a while. I was almost speechless to begin with.

Mr. White has been battling illness for the last years, so he seems older and not any longer like a young cat. He is mostly interested in humans when he can put his claws in their lap or get fed some of the extra delicious cat food that Mom has in her storage. He likes cuddling but prefers to spend most of his time laying in the shade, relaxing and enjoying the Spanish summer heat. He and I have always been friends and he comes by to cuddle whenever he feels like it. And Odin, the poor boy, gets jealous instantly and runs over like he has been starving for cuddles, and the cats flee to avoid being stepped on by this big, jealous, goofy Goliath.

Moms improvement has been very slow, which left me without news to share most days. If she was improving, most of the time she would be taking a small step towards the better; most of the time followed by half a step backwards. As you can imagine her recovery will take a while. She is slowly able to eat normal food, and she can sit in an armchair. She still needs a lot of support but she is awake and planning a plot on how to get out of the hospital soon 🙂

I have reminded Mom of the many people who have been sending her support, love and care. I know that many of you have been very worried, and yet you have offered us (the family) your support. This is nothing less than amazing. Mom will be allowed to read a bit on the internet tomorrow, so she will read your comments and I will send her the link to Amy’s blog post too. She has asked me to thank all of you for everything you have done to support us, and to make sure that you know how much she appreciates the care.

Someone has ordered a piece of her jewellery within the last few days. If the person reads this, please rest assured that it will be sent to you. But first Mom will need to get out of the hospital. And after such a long time in the hospital bed, she needs to relearn to walk before she can get home. Please do not leave a bad review because of the delay in the shipping. If wish to cancel the order, we will find a way to solve the matter.

Mom is still not having a lot of energy, so I do not expect her to reply to all messages so fast. But she will read it and she will think of you and be thankful for her network. You have all been so kind and loving. When she is ready to do so, she will write a blog post herself.

Take care and once again thank you for everything you have done to help all of us.
Claire

Dear Readers,

Since the last update on the status of Mom’s health we have been through a roller coaster ride of emotions. Thank goodness it looks like I can now finally bring you good news.

As I wrote the previous post we were all under the impression that she was doing better and would recover soon. Just a few days later her health took a turn for the worse. Mom could no longer breathe by herself and her infection sky rocketed. Since then she was battling uphill to get better. The longer we were waiting the harder it got to stay patient and expect improvement.

After three hard weeks the good news finally arrived. The doctors have found out which infection she has, and not only this but there is also treatment for it and chances of survival are quite high. This means she has been receiving the proper treatment and is now seeming to be better.

She is still in the ICU unit and even though this is scary in itself, I also know this is where she is in the best hands possible. The doctors and nurses have been very kind and competent and they are very attentive to her every moment. People have asked me why she has not been taken to a hospital in Denmark and I can honestly say that she is being treated to well I would never consider moving her anywhere else.

The last days Mom has been awake enough to ask for her hair brush and her mobile phone, so she will soon be allowed receive your messages of love. She will most likely stay in the hospital for weeks more but at least it looks as if she will return now. We are aware that it can easily be a month before she will feel “normal” again but we will take this any day for having Mom back.

Thank you for all your messages in here and on Amy’s blog. And thank you for the many re-blogs. And for the private e-mails. We have been reading each and every comment several times. They mean so much to us. Mom is a very kind woman. Still the amount of love we have received is so great and even more than any of us had imagined to see. Thank you for giving us hope and comfort and for sending your support to Mom.

Like on the last post I will not respond to any comments myself. Until now we have only been allowed to tell her about your support (mobile devides still strictly forbidden). I am sure that Mom will be overwhelmed when she returns to so much love and I believe that she will respond to you personally when finding the energy to do so.

Love back to all of you,
Claire

Dear readers,

This post is written by Claire, Irene’s daughter. Mom has been at the hospital since Thursday the 8th of June and is still there.

After many days of sleeping she finally woke up. She is still in the intensive care unit and will need some time to recover. We are not sure if it will take weeks before she will be home again.

Mom is a private person and to her it was a big deal even revealing that she doesn’t feel well. So for her sake I will allow her to decide which details to share and which details she wishes to keep to herself. But I would like to assure you that the issues she is having are physical and not mental. 

To Mom, her blog and fellow bloggers mean the world. She tells us about her friends, about common interests and about why she likes following you. So when she was submitted tobthe hospital, we decided to keep her friends in here updated. For this purpose I contacted Amy Rose. Amy has been so kind to communicate on behalf of us as we are too devastated to thank her readers for the response we would receive. The response has been so amazing and overwhelming to us. So many people have sent best wishes, healing and prayed for her. 

As Mom is awake again we have told her about this. She cried of happiness when hearing the many names and many messages.

She is finally ready to talk a little but not enough to write a post (also mobil devices are strictly prohibited in there!), so I promised her to send you a message on behalf of her. 

Please know that your support means the world to her (and to us). We hope that you will continue to keep the love going ❤ 

I will not reply to messages in here but I will leave this post open for any messages you wish to send to her. Once she is allowed to have her phone back, she will see this.

I would like to say a special and heartfelt thank you to Amy, who has been endlessly supportive towards us. What she has done for us, together with all the support we have received from you, will stay in our hearts forever. 

On behalf of Irene and the family we send you our kindest regards and best wishes to all of you,

Klaus (son) and Claire.

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Wish you a happy weekend

Irene

NB: My dog Odin is still very ill, why I don’t come around so much at your blogs, as I usually would do. I use my time to take best possible care for him and blog a little, when I find the time.