It has been a fairly fast moving couple of weeks chez Kerr.
The week before last we got a call on the Monday telling us Celia would have her port out on Thursday 6th August. Whilst we did have a little celebration back in June when treatment ended it was really only this final milestone that signified the true end to her treatment journey. The removal of the port (where they used access her bloodstream to administer the monthly chemo) during a short 45 minute operation felt like everyone was saying that our major hospital trips were over.
We celebrated with an end of financial year party at a Deloitte partner's house on the Friday night, properly letting our hair down together for the first time in a long while.
There was little time to dwell on parties however as this week saw a couple of huge milestones. On Wednesday we all became Australian citizens at a lovely ceremony at Brighton Town Hall the highlight of which was Max's decision to pass wind in the mayor's face during the official photos!
By Friday we took another step towards our future plans by finally selling our flat in London. We started that particular journey back in January and now, 6 months on, we are no longer home owners anywhere in the world but at least we have a little bit of cash left over to think about what to do next.
I expect the coming weeks and months will continue to be hectic and hopefully the focus will continue to be on future plans instead of hospitals and medicine.
Keep smiling
Andy and Lyds
