Tuesday, December 04, 2007
4th December In my day clothes.
Hello,
It is me!
Grandma P!
I am really tired this evening. - And yet I have been dozing off and on for some (most) of the day.
I fell asleep last night in the chair with the TV on - woke up in sodden clothes once again - yes, it had leaked.
This morning my first job after Bill had left for the shop was to sort out blood tests. I rang the ward at the hospital and they told me what my potassium levels had been over the weekend - not yet filtered through to the GP. On Sunday it just fell into the range of normal.
It was thought that I didn't need another blood test today. So then I phoned the GPs surgery and told them what I had learned. They have now arranged that I can go to to the Ifield surgery and have the practice nurse do the test next Monday morning.
Later Katherine the urology specialist nurse to say she would send a blood test form because the hospital would like results for more tests than the GP has put me down for.
Jo came for the morning. We talked and she did a few jobs like sorting out flowers and hanging up the heavy dressing gown which Bill had washed after I soaked it yesterday evening.
I think both of us (Bill and I) slept for most of the afternoon. After a restless night last night we were both exhausted.
This evening Bill's brother and his wife Bev came round. Bev is an auxilliary at the hospital and has been to see me on my ward when she could. She has been a real blessing and I have been so happy to feel close to her. She bought me some dried apricots and prunes - a very thoughtful gift. Maybe I'll hold back on the prunes for a few days - life in the digestion department is slowly getting back to normal (and most will recall that normal for me is not always comfortable). But is is nice not to have to think about laxatives just now!
Today has been my first day in proper clothes for some while.
Right that's enough. I must get back to the comfy chair again. I shall turn the TV on - and no doubt will regret that I haven't gone to bed when I fall deeply asleep again.
I would just like not to be awake again before 4 o'clock in the morning.
Good night. I have read through EMails that have been coming in - good to know that the wheels of the outside world keep on turning.
It is me!
Grandma P!
I am really tired this evening. - And yet I have been dozing off and on for some (most) of the day.
I fell asleep last night in the chair with the TV on - woke up in sodden clothes once again - yes, it had leaked.
This morning my first job after Bill had left for the shop was to sort out blood tests. I rang the ward at the hospital and they told me what my potassium levels had been over the weekend - not yet filtered through to the GP. On Sunday it just fell into the range of normal.
It was thought that I didn't need another blood test today. So then I phoned the GPs surgery and told them what I had learned. They have now arranged that I can go to to the Ifield surgery and have the practice nurse do the test next Monday morning.
Later Katherine the urology specialist nurse to say she would send a blood test form because the hospital would like results for more tests than the GP has put me down for.
Jo came for the morning. We talked and she did a few jobs like sorting out flowers and hanging up the heavy dressing gown which Bill had washed after I soaked it yesterday evening.
I think both of us (Bill and I) slept for most of the afternoon. After a restless night last night we were both exhausted.
This evening Bill's brother and his wife Bev came round. Bev is an auxilliary at the hospital and has been to see me on my ward when she could. She has been a real blessing and I have been so happy to feel close to her. She bought me some dried apricots and prunes - a very thoughtful gift. Maybe I'll hold back on the prunes for a few days - life in the digestion department is slowly getting back to normal (and most will recall that normal for me is not always comfortable). But is is nice not to have to think about laxatives just now!
Today has been my first day in proper clothes for some while.
Right that's enough. I must get back to the comfy chair again. I shall turn the TV on - and no doubt will regret that I haven't gone to bed when I fall deeply asleep again.
I would just like not to be awake again before 4 o'clock in the morning.
Good night. I have read through EMails that have been coming in - good to know that the wheels of the outside world keep on turning.
