Sunday again....

This last week has gone like a whirlwind.....

Late last Saturday Phil was admitted to Warragul Hospital after having a major bleed on his brain, which caused a stroke.

The doctors didn't expect him to survive Saturday night, let alone Sunday, but he is still with us, and has improved vastly since then. He is awake and whenever he has morphine he is chatty and happy to see people.

We don't really know what is happening next.....he needs to be off his IV drip and eating before he is allowed to come home. So needs to be eating and drinking lots more.

Even after that we don't know how long we have. Yay for the waiting game?!.......

Kris x

yay :)

Phil asked for some macaroni cheese this evening, so Jen made some and he managed to eat a bit! :)
He has been awake almost all day, so hopefully will sleep really well tonight.
Mel xx

sorry for the information shortage....

Phil was very tired this morning. He complained of a headache and was given morphine, after that, he didn't stop talking. Very chirpy and having a bit of a laugh about stuff in general. We all got a chance to hang out with him which was nice.

Ben and Lovy have gone back to their place for a couple of days, as Ben is building a bridge (literally!). Kris and Renay have headed home for the day to do a friends wedding flowers.
The rest of us are still at home.

Although Phil has been 'improving' we aren't really sure what that means at this stage. The doctors don't seem to be sure what direction we will be taking next in regards to Phil's care, but we are taking things one day at a time, and that's all we can do.

Phil has been a bit nauseous since sunday, and hasn't eaten anything since he's been in. However this morning he felt like wedges (he asked this in a way that reminded Vanessa of a pregnant woman). By the time they got there, he didn't want them, but it was still good to see him thinking about food.

Nothing else for now, things are just settling into a rhythm, which is quite nice.
Thanks all,
Melinda xx

a nice day....

As said earlier by Melinda we had a nice day. Phil woke up and chatted to everyone. Nice memories for all involved. Lots of hugs...Phil even told someone a recipe that he had cooked recently. His vision was good, made obvious by the fact he could tell that I have had my dreads fixed at the hairdressers, and his sense of humour still definately intact.

When asked he said he was very comfortable. I went up this afternoon and he was sleeping deeply, snoring quietly. He looked peaceful.

Meanwhile back at the Guilford household (2 minutes around the corner...we are in Warragul for friends who are wondering).... I received a text message to say that a chicken had escaped....Mel asked to tell the story...here she is....

So we were at home when we got a phone call from the next door neighbor telling us that there was a chicken loose in their back yard. We have had a few issues lately with escaped chickens, so nine (the exact number required for chicken catching) of us headed over, the task was made more difficult by Johnson, trying to be helpful made random realistic chicken noises...which Ben and I were listening to intently, only to find there was so chicken there. With much chasing, bush squashing and with some expert work from myself (mel), ben and sam clements, and cheering from many others, the chicken was soon in my arms. Just a little drama to add to our day :)

About to eat a lamb roast cooked by Johnson....signing off Kris xx

P.s. an explanation worthy moment...

The other day Phil woke up and asked for herbs....he wasn't quite making sense, so a put my hand on his shoulder and asked him again...and he said "I want some marijuana..."...then a few minutes later when the nurse came in with some panadol he said "I don't want panadol, I want marijuana, something that will actually work"......

where did this come from...well (im looking up Phil's facebook right now...i wrote him a post about it)....I had a dream a couple of months ago that Phil was given medicinal cannabis from his oncologist and we smoked it together... hehehe...and he remembered. :) In my dream it was all his idea, and you wouldn't deny a sick child his wish now...would you......

Hey Guys,

We were up at the hospital this morning, and Phil was really good. He was awake, cracking jokes (Including the first fat joke he has made in a while) and he was really cheerful, wanted to see us all and gave us all hugs.

He got tired pretty fast but it was good to see him, personality and all :)

Mum rang me a little while ago and said that even though he is extremely tired he was asking if people are coming up, so it's nice to know that he does want us there, and is able to put up with a bit of our noise.

He's had a bit of chest pain and a headache, they are trying to keep on top of these with lots of drugs and stuff.
Thanks again all :)
mel and sherryn

Phil isn't really all that comfortable today. He has been a bit more active but is really tired cause he didn't get much sleep last night. He has had a bit of chest pain which they gave him some meds for.

I'm not sure if we said this earlier but he hasn't had anyfeeling down the left side of his body...but last night he was able to squeeze mum's hand and was asking me to crack his thumbs....

Mel came back just now and he was more settled that when I was there earlier.

Please pray that he will get some good rest.

Thankyou all for your support, we are feeling the love. Especially the people who are organsing things who we can't even see....

can't think right now.....

Kris xx

phil's a little bit more alert this morning and was asking if he had any messages on his phone. He cannot use the phone himself, but asked Kris to read out any messages if he had any. so if any of his close school friends who already have his number would lik to message him, you're not likely to get a message back, but he will probably hear what you say.