After the turbulences with the new chemotherapy we are hoping for a more steady time now. We are also alone again because my father, who stayed with us for almost a month, has returned to Finland this morning. He came around for christmas and stayed longer in order to bridge the days I had to spent away at work.

From this week on, my working hours are reduced furthermore. I will now work an average of three hours for five days a week. Mondays I need to show up at my employers but all the other days I can work flexibly in my home office.

When Nadine went into hospital last week, everybody expected a short stay of two nights. But the change in therapy plus an infection of her bladder kept her in for little more than a week. Under the circumstances given she is quite well now: carboplatinum has caused no significant side-effects by now and we’re in good hope that it is helping her head.

When she returned yesterday, she could use a new cockpit I finished during her absence. It allows her to put down things safely, to use her iPad comfortably and to adjust the bed by herself. The picture above shows the view Nadine has got into our living room.

Nadine opted for the new chemotherpy with carboplatinum today. Of course she did, she still got a strong will to live, to stay with me and to see little Nick grow up. I was around when she received the first dosage this evening and there were no immediate side-effects or intolerances to be seen.

The basic plan is to apply two or three dosages in intervals of about three weeks, to monitor the process and to reconsider it then. So we’re back in a well-known situation in which we have to hope that some kind of substance takes the desired effects – let’s hope for the best once again!