Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Well it is time for a little holiday for Mum, she has been working so hard on the Peritoneal Dialysis and we are heading to Walcha for the weekend. It will be chilly but I am sure we will have a great time. We are packed to the rafters with all the boxes of fluid, the PD machine and all the other stuff required to keep Mum alive. Only room for a few clothes and the food. Mum is so looking forward to getting away from the village for a few days. She is still not that well but she is the best she has been since late October last year when she started this life saving journey. She really is a legend!

We started out early as mum had her vein mapping appointment at Woy Woy first. This was to see if her veins were suitable for the fistula for Haemodialysis as it is time to make this change. PD is not working as well as had been expected, the drain pain is too much and mum is exhausted from the daily work required for the treatment.

So after mum’s appointment we head on our way at 9.10am towards Walcha again for the second time in a week as DB and I have just been to Uralla last weekend for our anniversary. We head via the Bucketts Way through Stroud, stopping at Mograni Lookout for a picnic lunch, then head along the Thunderbolts Way to Ventrefait Rural Retreat on the Oxley Highway just west of Walcha town.

We arrive at our farmstay, light the fire, unpack and then have to re-arrange the furniture in Mum’s bedroom so her dialysis machine reaches the bathroom and bed so she can have a comfortable night.