Mum stroke July 2023

Our lives changed dramatically on the 12th of July 2023. And receiving the news when we were on holiday was just awful as I wasn't there to hug, kiss her and be by her side. 

Thankfully lil brother Erik was there to help and support and I simply dont know what I would have done without him!

 

He visited her every day and kept sending videos and updates constantly to let me know he was there, so she didnt feel alone even though me and the family were in a different country.

 Apart from him being a doctor, very knowledgable and have a lot of experience with hospitals, he's also very close to mum like I am, and he has so much kindness, empathy and reassured me all the time that he was taking care of things until we got back. 

We rushed to High Wickham stroke ward as soon as we got back and I broke down completely and remember crawling up in her bed and laid down next to her and just held her. 

I knew her chances of full recovery were minimal, and even though she will never completely the same as she once were, im so happy to say that in the last year she has made remarkable strides. She's a fighter and I'm so proud of her. 

 

Turkey 2023 and the worst news

Our annual Bodrum family holiday took a different turn this time around.
Usually I'd write captions along the lines of 'happiness is sunshine on my nose n sand between toes' or similar, but I struggle even to think let alone write about this particular trip.

A few days in to our holiday, on the 12th of July 2023, I had the worst phone call from London that my mum had suffered a massive stroke.

The rest of that holiday is pretty much a blur. I cant remember much.  Mum, just like that, lost all her abilities, ones that we normally take for granted, and I was mortified, heart broken and felt so helpless. All I wanted to do was to speak to her but she couldn't talk or even pick up the phone when I called. 
It was so sudden and shocking and affected then and still now, every part of ours and mums life. More on that to come.... 

Henrik's flying visit June 2023

Summer in the City -
Nothing says Family Feeling like when you get a VIP visitor from Sweden x