"Funny" moments...

There aren’t many pleasant memories being made right now. It is mostly just tough stuff. Christi continues to be sweet and witty when she is awake. Earlier today we got her up to go the bathroom and through the hustle and commotion she/we ripped out the IV in her hand. We had blood dripping on the floor and a heavily sedated Christi slumped on the toilet. That was quite a lot of drama. Once we got the bleeding stopped we stood Christi up so Angela could wipe her real quick. When this happened Christi’s eyes opened wide and she said “Hey you sneak wiped me”. Cracked us up.

Another humorous moment occurred at radiation the other day. Since she can no longer really support her own weight we have begun physically moving her around. We were maneuvering her from the stretcher to the table. I was attempting to cradle her in my arms to slide her across the table so I said “Sweetie, put your hands around my neck so I can lift you.” So she put her hands on my neck and acted like she was choking me. Cracked up everyone in the room.

Shortly after midnight tonight we were giving her a bolus of morphine in order to control some breakthrough pain. As the pain subsided she drifted into a semi conscious almost sleep. She started talking to me about some strange things that I couldn’t really understand. When I answered, she sort of snapped out of it and said she was dreaming. Concerned about her mental well being I inquired about what she was dreaming. “Oh you know.. books, lots of books” she murmured. “You’re a lot like Belle with your books aren’t you?” was my comeback. She smiled and nodded. It was then that it dawned on me that this was a warped version of Beauty and the Beast. Where we instead watch the petals fall from the rose for Belle. Beast does not succumb to compassion, love or prayer, but, continues with its sinister behavior. The Disney version is better I think.

-Shayne