Hi there Thanks for popping in. Been hanging out with Ragnar and Dave by the Aga. This Empyema certainly is a thing! You feel fine, you can breathe fine, you can drink tea fine. No pain. But wait until you move around! A leisurely stroll to the fridge and you feel like you’ve run down to Sainsbury’s and back! Ah well. I guess I shall just have to stop running down to Sainsbury’s! It’ll be ok. There is so much…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. You know that feeling when you’re well and truly on the mend? There’s a change in the energy levels, a shift in the brain fog. Well, today was that turning point. For the first time in a long time, I was able to inhale and fill my lungs with air, like properly, right down to the bottom. And my God! Did that feel good! No pain. To be honest, since the Corona Virus took…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Had a funny turn this morning, so did absolutely nothing all day, except watch the new film, The Railway Children in the afternoon. Oh such decadence! Watching TV during the daytime!! Linda Williams had told me I would enjoy it – and she was right. It did conjure up some memories mind. Spoiler alert here: there is an underlying theme of racism within the US army based in the UK, of US Military Police…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Firstly thank you so very very much for all your positive and kind messages! What a tonic! I had the loveliest of mornings, just sitting by the Aga (the cats are never far away), opening the many Thinking of You cards, condolence cards on Dad’s passing, and then the Speedy recovery cards! So much beautiful artwork! I promise you, the very first thing we’re going to do, before we even fire up the SHAC…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Happy Love Day. Very VERY happy to report that my positive pants worked! Yep. Yesterday afternoon, all the angels came swooping in, removed the drain from my back, gave me one last good check over, decided I was good to go, organised a month’s worth of antibiotics – and by 6pm yesterday evening, I was indeed sitting by the Aga with Dave, cat in lap, drinking tea. Photographic evidence! I came home to a…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just a quickie from Ward 21 Rm 21. Have had blood tests, X-rays and ultrasounds. Now we wait for the verdict. Does she get to go home tomorrow or does she get to hang out here a little longer? Or – and here we are really putting our positive pants on – does she get to go home today?? We shall have to wait and see… Quote of the day? it is never the…
Hi there Thanks for popping in, and thanks for all your love and good energy. It means more than you can imagine to feel your strong support. Do you believe in the power of collective energy? I do. I’m getting better for sure. Quite happy to lounge around here listening to a good book . I’m listening to North & South again, by Elizabeth Gaskell, read by Juliet Stevenson. Really worthy of a second read. I know the storyline, but…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. One day at a time, things are getting so much better. Yesterday the Doctor told me that if things continue as they are, and the infection levels continue to drop, I will be able to go home Tuesday! Woohoo! Then lovely Carron came and washed my hair, so I felt much MUCH better. All in all, so so much happier. The thing about being so ill is the rush of gratitude you experience when…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. One day at a time things are improving here, but I think it will take time. Quote for the day? It takes as long as it takes. I was thinking about that, and you and the SHAC. And I thought about how proficient we all got at drawing and colouring – primarily because we applied ourselves to those arty skill sets every single day. We couldn’t see the progress day by day, but because…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just thought I’d surface for an hour, have a little chat. You keep me company. It’s all very nice having single rooms, but it does get lonely. Got a marvellous view from this respiratory wing too..let me see if I can add a photo . Blogging on your phone is always a challenge ! It’s a waiting game now. Empyema is pretty serious, so I just have to trust the process. The drain is…