Tuesday & Wednesday catch up

After some technical issues (ie running out of data allowance on phone)here is a brief summary of the last 2 days.

Being 2 feet the other side of the curtain that is shielding you from a bloke having a catheter inserted up his wazzer is an eye-watering experience for all concerned. Although I will concede, perhaps just a bit more for him! Poor bloke in such a bad way that they can't get him to lie flat enough( and keep still) long enough, to have the MRI scan that he needs. Proper stoic Stokie though,cheerful throughout & he offers me some of his opal fruits (yes, opal fruits not starburst)which he says help with the taste,dryness in the mouth thing. They are after all, MADE TO MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER. Gordon & his wife's demeanour and attitude in such bloody awful circumstances is another example that has shown me a way through this. I should also mention Ray, in the opposite bay & his wife who, when we weren't having our hourly naps was a cheerful presence. The bloke in the far corner was a right miserable sod, nuff said!

wed 25 countdown to the great escape

4am woken for obs
6am last bag goes on (12 hours left)
7.30am tea & cornflakes
7.45am toast & lots of drugs
8am obs
8.30 wash,brush teeth, change into lounge pants(joke),I have had the same t-shirt on since Sunday. You can' change it when you've got a pipe attached to your arm.I smell surprisingly sweet.
9.00 tv
11.00 lost an hour or two here, may have been asleep
12.00 temp up a bit,have paracetamol. In retrospect may have been the fact that I fell asleep with my bloody great big headphones on!
12.10 sarnie
13.00 more drugs and fill in my input/output chart(fluid) it's a flipping lot
13.30 nap & await visiting with kids
16.30 not long now, warning bleeper on drip says 1 hour left.
17.00 all looking good now, start to empty locker( one handed)
18.00 last bag done, just need a final 20 minute'flush'withsome saline, final obs and that's it
18.30 thrilled to see Keeley come in with suitcase*to take me home.

*she borrowed the case from work. We opened it up and it was full of    
stuff to pack pots from whoever last used it! 

No matter. We stuffed everything in, had a run through all of the tablets and injections to take home, said our farewells to Gordon & Ray & the staff, and legged it!

I say legged it, you will understand that I hadn't actually moved out of my chair for 5 days, so maybe, serenely wafted to the car is more accurate. Into the car, along the a34, what a great sight!

And HOME.