We had an amazing weekend. After being told that Rob was in quarantine, they decided it was okay for me to take him over to the hotel to celebrate my birthday. I quickly arranged a little party for us, and our friend Albert came over too. We had a wonderful […]

Rob has been doing well and getting stronger every day. Unfortunately, it looks like he got hit by another bacterial infection. It is a healthcare-associated (HAI) and and antibiotic-associated infection called Clostridium difficile (CDI, CDF or C-diff). It was caught quickly and being managed by antibiotics and electrolytes, so we […]

Stay focused. Be “hoo” you are. Trust in a wise friend. Live off the land. Glide through dark times. Be observant. Life’s a hoot!

We had a great time this weekend wandering around the dunes and town. Rob is really building up his strength and able to be out of bed for longer times. We really enjoyed the great weather and sitting out in the sun on a terrace. Later today we were talking […]

We had a nice celebration the night before Rob left the hospital. He finally got that beer he has been yearning for (an alcohol free Palm) and really enjoyed it. Rob had a lot of well wishes from all the staff and everyone remarked on how fast he is progressing […]

Isha’s first day at Uni! Boys already started school 2 weeks ago! I know you are proud Rob, so here a picture for especially for you!

Yipee! Rob is leaving the hospital on Thursday (17 September) for rehabilitation. He is so happy to be getting the hell out of there.  It will be the end of his 14th week by then — over 3 months! As you can imagine, we had a nice celebration after we […]

Rob is doing great. Every day he is improving, and he is able to enjoy some of life’s simple pleasures. Rob’s parents Ger and Tonny came up from the south of Holland for a visit today. It was a tiring trip for them, but I think they all loved to […]

Today we received the most beautiful song dedicated to Rob from his good friend Dorette. I’ll let her wonderful music say the rest [click on this link to hear “Change”, by Dorette]. We are definitely “acting on an unknown stage”, but I do think all of those things we somtimes […]

The last 2 weeks Rob has been improving really well. He had a few small set backs with infections, but he came out of them quickly. Now he is really building up his strength and very eager to get out of the hospital. We have been very busy working on […]

After a 10 long weeks, Rob was finally able to leave intensive care on Friday, 21 August. As you can imagine, we are thrilled. The timing was perfect because Rob’s sister Anne arrived from England with our niece Isha and nephews Thomas, Luke and Oliver. Rob was very happy to […]

Rob has been doing pretty well since they put him on the heavier antibiotics. He seems to have shaken the worst of the staph and strep infections. Still, this week he has been having intermittent chills and fever’s of unknown origin (yes, there is a name for that — FUO). […]

Rob was doing really great most of last week. He was taken off the ventilator on Saturday, 1 August, and his breathing has remained good since that time. The plan was that he would move out of intensive care to a normal room on Thursday, 6 August. Unfortunately, Rob got […]

Rob is really improving now. He is still fighting a low grade lung infection, but they seem to be controlling it well. He is able to sit in a chair for a while and is being slowly weaned from the ventilator. They still have him on a few med’s, but […]

Rob is now in his 7th week in intensive care. He started out the week great, and finally got off the ventilator. That was absolutely fabulous because the ventilator causes infections — kind of an evil circle. Rob was doing great for about 5 days. Unfortunately, he then got hit […]

It’s been a tremendously difficult 6 weeks. Robert was admitted to the hospital on 12 June, and everything has been a roller-coaster since then. He has been fighting very hard and showing an unbelievable amount of strength.  I hope you all keep him in your thoughts… Rob had gone to […]

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