11th August 2018, 4am
Our lives changed in one instant.
At around 2am Anaru had pains in his side where his liver is. The pain was so bad he asked me to take him to the emergency ward. He had an x-ray and they found dark spots on his liver. Another x-ray with dye showed 15 lesions; and this was a secondary malignancy...the search was now on for the primary source. He was admitted into hospital where blood samples were taken for testing and a biopsy was planned.
This post is the posting to his family over the first week...
16th August 2018
WHANAU UPDATE
Kia Ora whanau
Anaru is going in for another CT scan this morning and if they can see any lesions on his liver they will do the biopsy tomorrow in Whanganui. After that they will get his pain under management and he will be allowed home to wait for the results.
If they cannot see anything they are going to stick with the original plan of the biopsy being done in Palmerston North on Monday.
So fingers crossed they can see something today.
We will keep you posted.
Much Love
Stace
<3
17th August
Anaru update...
Ataamarie whanau. Anaru had a decent sleep and is going in for his biopsy at 9am this morning.
What this means is they will take tiny samples from one of the lesions on his liver and put it under a microscope to see if they can find where the primary source of the problem is coming from.
It will be a few days before we know the results.
The procedure is only under local anaesthetic and the sample is taken with a syringe so all going well he should be able to go home this afternoon.
He will be on medication for the pain while we wait for the results and once we have them we can make a plan of where to go from there.
On a heart/spirit note...
We went for a drive to Kai Iwi yesterday and the Kereru was in the orchard at the marae.
Kereru followed me back to the pub and sat in the willow tree looking down at Anaru. He stayed there watching Anaru the whole time until we left. 🌈
Karakia was taken in the hospital room again last night as it has every night and we are so grateful to everyone who has done this for us and with us; we can feel the love and healing 💕
We collected water from the Kai Iwi farm spring last night and he has had it by his side all night ❤️
I will keep you posted on where we are at on a daily basis and try to give you full updates. Of course if you have any questions at all please feel free to message or call me.
Arohanui
Stace x
18th August
Morena whanau
Anaru had a reasonable sleep last night a we are heading home soon. As soon as the doctor signs off his pain relief meds.
The biopsy yesterday went without a hitch. However he is in some pain (which is to be expected).
You will be pleased, flabbergasted, and possibly amused to hear that he was running around like a teenager last night doing chores and had to be constantly reminded that he had just had a medical procedure 😬
(It seems his super hero gene has kicked in 😎).
We have been assured by the doctor that he can do everything he physically wants to do and just stop when tired or sore and then rest. He has been instructed to keep on top of pain with medication and not to allow it to go too high before taking something ❤️
We managed a few hours back at Kai Iwi last night and he received two powerful karakia/healings. One from nephew Jake and another from cousin Alex. We continue to be blessed by the awesome whanau and friends that surround us and we are more grateful for this than mere words can express. ❤️🌈❤️
A cute thing happened...
Anaru received his first gift of flowers yesterday from his good friend/sis Bunty. How lovely of her to gift him a pot of living daffodils: the symbol of springtime, new growth and beginnings, and regeneration. We are going to plant them at the homestead 🦋🐝 🌼
So today I drop my darling back home to the safety and love of you all and the energies of Kai Iwi and go back to Hamilton to pack up my things,hand in my notice at work and bid Haere Ra to my whanau there. I hope to be back home in Kai Iwi on Monday night (assuming all the mundane bits and pieces run smoothly).
I will try to post over this time what I can find out...we all know how Anaru keeps things to himself to protect those he loves but I will do my best to squeeze the information out 😉😂💗).
Much love to you all and thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you do and are doing.
We love you
Stace x
Update!
The doctor has just been in and said they received a blood test back that shows signs of the primary in nerves that indicate the primary issue may be in the gut or pancreas.
There is another test that is a possibility but they will wait for the biopsy results before they decide if they need to do that.
This is all actually good news...we are getting closer to the primary cause and can then work out the plan of attack
Kia kaha
Arohanui
Stace
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Breaking news
So Anaru is going to come with me to Hamilton to see our whanau and friends there.
We will be heading off this afternoon and coming back down either Monday or Tuesday.
I promise to look after him and not let him lift things bigger than the titanic 😉
Of course we will keep you posted of the road trip
Arohanui
Stace
Xx
21st August
We are back in Kai Iwi.
New phone that's driving me mad and lots to do so I will post an update and photos later.
For now though Anaru is healthy and feeling well.
Will answer all your questions later xxx
Much love
Stace xx
What a full on few days we have had!
We got to Hamilton on Saturday and started packing up my stuff.
Sunday was more packing and sleeping with some deep breakthrough moments for us both which were both very emotional and empowering for us both ( this had been the first time we had actually been alone since we got the news).
The most wonderful thing I heard him say so far is 'I'm going to fight this!' As soon as I heard that I knew we were on the road to wellness.
Monday was a huge whirlwind of handing I. My notice at work (effective immediately) , informing my parents of our news and the move (later that day), picking IP hire vehicle, finishing packing, saying goodbye to family and friends as best we could and driving back to Kai Iwi!
I don't think we could have fitted in one more thing!
Today we unpacked the van and a friend of a friend drove it back to Hamilton for us (another amazing story in itself).
We half unpacked and semi sorted
.. Anaru saw a naturopath today and he has been given a powerful blend to work on the condition, along with Castor oil poultices. He is sound asleep and that is fantastic!
I have added some photos of some of our Waikato nearest and dearest who are also supporting us on this journey...this is by no means everyone, we are so blessed with the support, knowledge and love that surround us on All sides.
So I am off to bed for a big sleep.
Pomarie whanau, I will post more tomorrow.
Love
Stace
22nd August
We slept for twelve hours!
Awesome!
Anaru is doing well today, Kai Iwi is working her magick on him with everyone and everything else it seems.
Specialist appointment for results of biopsy is next week so until then we are doing our thing ...
Lots of juicing and whole foods, naturopathic medicines, castor oil poultices, Kai Iwi water, rest, no stress, massage, energy healings, karakia, human and animal love, lol
He has eliminated alcohol, sugar, bad fats, red meat, tobacco and caffeine from his diet.
He is open to positive suggestions and good vibes.
He is looking good whanau; with your help and support I know we have got this!
Much love
Stace
Xxx
23rd August
Anaru is resting today.
Went to bed at eight last night and still there.
He is warm and comfortable.
He is not in pain.
He is just very tired.
He has had breakfast, porridge and toast.
He's taking his naturopathic medicines and uncle Tu is coming over later to start the kawakawa rongoa.
