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Laurie had a serious brain lesion that was surgically removed on July 24, 2011. It was uncertain exactly what the disease was and to me, these days were really the fight for her life. After the surgery, Laurie spent two weeks in an Ottawa, Ontario hospital. This period was full of events relating directly to her and to other patients and aspects going on in the hospital during her stay. Laurie came home on Friday, August 5th, 2011. Since being at home, events have settled into a routine but not without the ups and downs of recuperating with a rare brain tumour. Her story is one of hope, struggle, patience and above all, courage. The current update is presented at the top of the page with her day-by-day story presented from the bottom upwards.
This story also has pictures of Laurie. She is a woman of many interests and dimensions. She and I love to travel and September has been our favourite time of year to do so. The trips taken over the past six or seven years have seen us in places like western and central Scotland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, New Zealand, Australia, Cape Breton, Charlevoix, Ireland and to Newfoundland a couple of times. The first things that Laurie always packs are her plant press, silica gel bags, binoculars, loupe, botany reference books, bird books, hiking books, note books and always a good raincoat. If there is any room left she packs some clothes. You can usually recognize her at the airport because she is one with three or four layers of clothing on.

Saturday 24 December 2011

Merry Christmas from home!

 
Laurie is now home. We left the hospital on Tuesday evening (Dec. 20) moving slowly along the corridor in a wheelchair. She is much more comfortable at our home and is enjoying peace and quiet that simply can not be found in a hospital ward.  I am so glad that she is home for Christmas. We received about 1 to 2 cm of snow last night which hopefully will remain to give us a white Christmas. Our new year begins with an appointment with the chemotherapy oncologist. There are no plans for further radiation that I know of. Laurie will need to continue to battle hard, so very very hard, in 2012. I will endeavour to keep the blog up to date as much as I can. This depends on many things of course - the first being to help Laurie in whatever it is that needs to be done.
 
Thank you to those who have supported Laurie in one way or another since July when her illness became known. Whether it be an email, a telephone call, a card or flowers Laurie has been receiving these messages of hope, prayer and best wishes with interest. It helps me to know that so many people are thinking of Laurie.
 
Enjoy your holiday season and we offer you our wishes for a happy and healthy new year.
 
Best regards and Merry Christmas from Oxford Station -
 
Mark and Laurie
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