Thanks to all of you, and may you be cared about when you are in need too.

We took her to the hospital this afternoon, and a hard journey it was. She wouldn't complain, but it was clear she felt every jolt in the road for the whole twenty mile journey, and guided us via a short detour round the hospital (she knows it well; she works there) to avoid a road with speed bumps. After the almost inevitable heartstopping delay- they weren't expecting her, no one had read the changed date for the operation- we saw her installed and ready for treatment under the best specialist in the region.

Whatever happens now, I'll love her for the rest of my life.