Reading books isn’t an option for Nadine to entertain herself right now. Her eyesight is a bit troubled at the moment, so staring at her Kindle or into a book is too demanding. But being still keen on stories, she has switched to listening to audio books on her iPhone.

Concentrating for a long time on complex plots is also a heavy task. That’s why she’s mostly choosing children’s novels. She prefers stories her grandma Erika read to her when she was a little child. The reason might not only be that a known plot is way more easy to follow. I guess she’s also able to relive some comfort experienced during her childhood that way. Well, let her have that fun – there is no need to read the Ulysses day in day out…

She also loves listening to songs that tell stories. Here is one of her favourites:

Winter has finally arrived. Bad news is that it’s pretty cold around here now and bald-headed Nadine desperately needs to wear hats or caps. Good news is that we’ve got a tremendous variety of those and that she looks gorgeous wearing them!

Nadine is looking forward to visiting an art therapy group at the Katharinenhospital tomorrow. It takes place every Wednesday and is open for released patients too. Above you can see the final piece of work she did during her rehabilitation at a clinic in Freiburg last year.

Another process that is going to begin soon is her chemotheraphy. We met the doctor in charge today and he wants to start next week. He told us that it won’t be as aggressive as last time and side effects are supposed to be minor. She will be treated on two out of three Tuesdays for about one hour per session. The end remains open, a check in April will decide wether it’s going to be continued, changed or settled.

Let’s hope for the best!