When I woke up on Saturday morning the first thing I saw was Flora sitting beside me on the bed and looking down at me - she is so sweet! We have had a pleasant couple of days at home and much laundry has been processed. I took Davie to the station on Saturday lunchtime to get the train home to Manchester. This was more complicated than it should have been because it turns out that there are rail works going on until April which are causing a lot of disruption to travel. However David caught a train to Carlisle, and was lucky then to get a train directly from there to Manchester. The cats have been paying us a great deal of attention, and Floof has been following me from room to room! It’s nice to be home.
However news from Kenneth is not good. He has very kindly updated me regularly since he first contacted me when we were in New Zealand. Jackie has still been able to read messages but is too ill to reply; she sent me a little “heart” emoji a couple of days ago. Sadly her treatment has now stopped and on Friday she was transferred to the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice. By the time we returned from holiday on Friday only her immediate family are allowed to visit her, and Kenneth said that she is very tired and quiet, perhaps exhausted from the transfer or perhaps a further deterioration in her condition. I can hardly believe that this is happening.
* Update at 6 p.m. : Kenneth has phoned to say that Jackie died earlier today, peacefully in her sleep. I am heartbroken.
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