Everything has been a bit back and forth. My mother has been TRYING to get Dad to agree to go to New Zealand on a holiday. He says yes, they get their passport applications, then he changes his mind saying he doesn't want to go there because he won't be able to do anything. Was extremely difficult for my mother - they had planned to go to Europe after my sister and I finished highschool, but with my father's diagnosis, that is out of the question. So she's been brainstorming places to go.
They are limited by the fact that he can't visit places that are really warm as the heat exacerbates his symptoms making him extremely uncomfortable. So NZ is a great choice - the flight isn't too long, perfect temp range, and good medical access etc (as opposed to say Thailand I mean).
So as per previous post, the update on this situation is that a mutual friend who they've known for 20+ years, and who happens to work with my dad, talked to my Dad and finally convinced him to go. Which is awesome!
And gooderer news again on this side of things... So my father has been quite depressed, understandably. I get quite resentful of the fact that he doesn't seem to make the most of the time he has left with us - i.e. he could try and pretend to be happy at times. I don't mean to sound selfish in saying this, but it would be very sad if after he passes, I look back on his last years and only remember him as being miserable.
So he went on a helicopter flight that we bought him for Christmas, and he enjoyed it so much that he's paying for my family (mum, him, sister and myself) to go on one together.
He has NEVER done anything like this. He's quite frugal, and certainly never goes all out like this. For me, this means he does, in a small way at least, recognises the importance of doing what we can, while we can.
so i'll be flying over sydney next saturday with the fam. Afterwards, we're going out to lunch in the city somewhere nice. So there's one good thing.
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