10/04/2026
It seems my life has been a lot of making Christmas trees out of IV poles lately. It’s been really difficult; really difficult, on me, on my husband, on my kids, on our mental health, on our finances, just in life altogether. Life still goes on when you’re sick, expensive vet bills, your stand up freezer breaks, your oven breaks, then your toaster, your coffee maker, your puppy eats your favourite shoes, your kids bike gets stolen, your windshield wipers go, the footrest on your wheelchair breaks & your last heating pad dies… all within the last three months, that’s way more than groups of 3.
Sometimes life is good, for weeks, for months and life feels normal. Then sometimes life feels really unfair, like now.
With each hospitalization we lose time, we lose stability, predictability, money, friends, support… I get it. It’s hard supporting someone with a chronic illness. But it’s really hard living with it too.
We don’t ask for community support often but sometimes we need to just to feel like we are above water for one day, one week…
When it comes to asking for support, I don’t even know what to ask for. The easiest thing was to make an Amazon Wishlist and share it here. There’s no pressure to get something off the list, sometimes just people understanding what it’s like is enough.
https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/1SEEHQYW9ALZ5?ref_=wl_share
