28/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 28TH FEBRUARY 2007. YESTERDAY MUM WAS IN BRILLIANT FORM - TODAY SHE FELT OUT OF SORTS, JUST SLEPT ALL DAY AND ATE VERY LITTLE UNTIL EARLY EVENING WHEN SHE BEGAN TO SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE AGAIN. I THINK THAT THE REMARKABLE CONTRAST WITH YESTERDAY IS DUE TO HER OLD BODY’S NEED OF PHYSICAL REST AFTER THE RAVAGES OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE - WHICH NOW APPEARS TO HAVE CLEARED HER SYSTEM. HOPEFULLY SHE WILL BE BACK ON FORM TOMORROW.  SHE ASKS ME TO SEND HER LOVE TO YOU VIA THE BLOG.

LOVE TO EVERYBODY,

TED.

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27/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 27TH FEBRUARY 2007. A GOOD DAY. MUM WAS DIARRHOEA FREE THANKS TO THE IMMODIUM AND HER DOCTOR CALLED IN THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT  BECAUSE OF THE FAVOURABLE BLOOD TEST RESULT SHE IS RE-INSTATING THE MEDICATION SHE REDUCED YESTERDAY. THIS ENSURES THAT MUM WILL NOT RETURN TO THE BREATHLESSNESS WHICH TROUBLED HER PREVIOUSLY.

IN HERSELF MUM HAD HAD AN EXCELLENT DAY. SHE HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN LIVELY AND TALKATIVE AND LOOKS WELL.  SHE HAD NONE OF THE TIREDNESS OF YESTERDAY AND SHE HAS REGAINED HER APPETITE - SHE HAS EATEN EVERYTHING WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED BEFORE HER. IT CERTAINLY LOOKS AS IF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE HOSPITAL STAY AND CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ARE ON THE WANE.

TONIGHT SHE SETTLED DOWN HAPPILY TO SLEEP LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EQUALLY GOOD DAY TOMORROW.

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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27/02/2007 by Ted.

TODAY IS THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF MUM’S SISTER, KATHLEEN MIDDLETON, WHO LIVES IN GREENFOOT RESIDENTIAL HOME IN SETTLE, YORKSHIRE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHLEEN. HOPE YOU HAVE A LOVELY DAY.

LOVE FROM US ALL.

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27/02/2007 by Ted.

ANNIVERSARIES ARE TAKEN FROM THE FAMILY GENEALOGY SITE (WWW.TALBOTFAMILYONLINE.ORG.UK). IF ANYONE IS MISSED PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL ADD YOUR DETAILS TO THE FAMILY TREE. 

2ND  ALISON MEDLEY’S (PARTNER OF PHILIP) 35TH (WE THINK) BIRTHDAY

2ND  BARBARA TALBOT’S (WIFE OF PETER) 60TH BIRTHDAY

5TH CHRISTOPHER HODGSON, MUM’S FATHER, WOULD HAVE BEEN 121 TODAY. 

10TH YSABEL THACKERAY’S 14TH BIRTHDAY

11TH JONATHAN TALBOT’S 22ND BIRTHDAY

13TH MATTHEW TALBOT’S 26TH BIRTHDAY

16TH CHRISTOPHER AND GERTRUDE HODGSON’S (MUM’S PARENTS) 90TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

22ND REBEKAH SMITH’S 14TH BIRTHDAY. 

26TH AMANDA SMITH’S 40TH BIRTHDAY

31ST JENNIFER TALBOT’S 59TH BIRTHDAY

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26/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 26TH FEBRUARY, 2007. THIS MORNING THE DISTRICT NURSE TOOK ANOTHER BLOOD SAMPLE FROM MUM, THE STOOL SAMPLE WAS SENT TO THE PATHOLOGICAL LAB AT FURNESS GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR ANALYSIS AND MUM’S DOCTOR CALLED OUT TO ASSESS HER CONDITION.

THE BLOOD SAMPLE REVEALED THAT THE EFFECT OF THE MEDICATION ON MUM’S KIDNEYS HAD DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY SINCE THE LAST ANALYSIS. HOWEVER THE DOCTOR STILL REDUCED THE DIURETIC MEDICATION WHICH SHE THOUGHT WAS CAUSING MUCH OF MUM’S DAILY LETHARGY AND TIREDNESS.  THIS MAY CAUSE A RETURN OF MUM’S BREATHLESSNESS IN WHICH CASE THE MEDICATION WILL BE ADJUSTED TO OBTAIN AN ACCEPTABLE BALANCEOF BETWEEN THE TWO.

DURING THE AFTERNOON THE PATHOLOGICAL LAB TELEPHONED THE NURSE AT ST GEORGE’S TO URGENTLY ADVISE HER THAT THE STOOL SAMPLE REVEALED THAT MUM HAD PICKED UP ONE OF THE HOSPITAL BUGS - CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE - AND IT WAS THIS INFECTION WHICH WAS CAUSING HER DIARRHOEA. THE BACTERIUM IS HIGHLY INFECTIOUS AND CAN BE LIFE THREATENING ESPECIALLY IN OLDER PEOPLE AND CHILDREN.  CONSEQUENTLY MUM WAS PLACED IN QUARANTINE AND STRINGENT HYGEINE PRECAUTIONS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE. ALL HAVING CONTACT WITH MUM HAVE TO WEAR APRON AND RUBBER GLOVES, WASHING THEIR HANDS THOROUGHLY IN SOAP AND WATER THEN IN ALCOHOL GEL.

SHE STARTED MEDICATION TO DEAL WITH THE BUG THIS EVENING AND ALSO RECEIVED IMMODIUM TO DEAL WITH THE DIARRHOEA WHICH WILL MAKE HER LIFE MUCH EASIER. 

BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF SPREADING THE INFECTION WE HAVE DECIDED THAT MUM WILL NOT RECEIVE VISITORS UNTIL THE BUG HAS BEEN ELIMINATED - ANOTHER TEN TO TWELVE DAYS.  IT IS ALSO GOD’S BLESSING THAT THE GRANDCHILDREN DID NOT VISIT LAST WEEKEND AS THEY COULD HAVE BECOME CONTAMINATED AND CARRIED THE INFECTION HOME TO PUT CHILDREN AND FAMILY AT RISK.

TONIGHT WHEN I LEFT MUM LOOKED BETTER AND HAD SOME COLOUR IN HER CHEEKS.

MORE TOMORROW, 

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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25/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING 25TH FEBRUARY 2007. SORRY I AM LATE. ANOTHER BUSY DAY.

FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS MUM HAS BEEN HAVING TO DASH TO THE LOO WITH LOOSE BOWELS. THE FREQUENCY OF THESE DASHES HAS INCREASED DAY BY DAY AND BECOME A PAINFUL EMBARRASSMENT. THE PROBLEM HAS ALSO EXHAUSTED HER AS SHE HAS HAD TO EXPEND PRECIOUS ENERGY MAKING THESE NUMEROUS VISITS.  TODAY MATTERS CAME TO A HEAD. SHE WAS UTTERLY LISTLESS, UNCOMFORTABE ON BOTH BED AND CHAIR, AND MAKING URGENT VISITS AT MORE AND MORE FREQUENT INTERVALS. 

THE WONDERFUL ST. GEORGE’S STAFF TENDED MUM WITHOUT COMPLAINT, BUT AFTER A DISCUSSION THIS EVENING CONCLUDED THAT AN INFECTION AND NOT MUM’S CONDITION OR MEDICATION WAS THE CAUSE. CONSEQUENTLY THEY HAVE PLACED MUM UNDER BARRIER NURSING CONSTRAINTS. TOMORROW MUM’S DOCTOR WILL BE BACK AT WORK AFTER HER WEEKEND OFF AND SHE HAS BEEN CALLED FOR AN EMERGENCY VISIT TO SEE MUM EARLY TOMORROW MORNING TO EXAMINE HER MEDICATION AND THIS PROBLEM.  THE STAFF HAVE ALSO TAKEN STOOL SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS TOMORROW. 

MUM HAD RESIGNEDLY ACCEPTED THE PROBLEM AS PART OF HER FAILING HEALTH WHICH WOULD REMAIN WITH HER.  AFTER A TROUBLED DAY THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN END TO THIS LATEST DEBILITATING TORMENT HAS LIGHTENED HER SPIRITS. THE NURSING CARE OF ST. GEORGE’S STAFF HAS EASED THE PHYSICAL PAIN AND DISCOMFORT AND TONIGHT SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP AND AN ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM IN THE MORNING.

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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24/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 24 FEBRUARY 2007. AFTER A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP MUM SPENT THE SECOND DAY IN HER NEW ROOM RESTING EITHER ON HER BED OR IN THE CHAIR. SOME OF THE TIME SHE SPENT SLEEPING. SHE IS DAILY A LITTLE WEAKER IN HER BODY, BUT HER MIND IS ALERT AND SHE LIKES TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE.

TODAY SHE WAS REMINDING US HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN HER LIFE - THE LORD JESUS - AND TO FOLLOW HIM IN THEIR OWN LIVES.  SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT YOUNG LIVES ARE BUSY WITH FAMILIES AND THE LIKE, BUT HER DEAREST WISH IS THAT THEY WILL ALL BE THERE IN JESUS’ KINGDOM TO ENJOY EVERLASTING LIFE WITH HER.

SHE WAS VERY TIRED TONIGHT AND WAS IN BED AT SEVEN OCLOCK WAITING FOR HER SLEEPING PILL TO ARRIVE AT SEVEN THIRTY. AT EIGHT O’CLOCK I LEFT HER WARM AND COSY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP.

SHE SENDS MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL.

TED

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23/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2007. APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE POST - IT HAS BEEN A BUSY DAY.  MUM IS NOW TUCKED UP IN BED IN HER NEW ROOM AT ST. GEORGE’S.  SHE IS DELIGHTED WITH THE ROOM AND HAS BEEN COUNTING HER BLESSINGS ALL DAY. THE GARDENER PLACED SOME POTS OF DAFFODILS AND CROCUSES OUTSIDE THE WINDOW OF THE ROOM WHERE SHE COULD SEE THEM (NOT VERY WELL WITH HER FAILING EYES, BUT GOOD ENOUGH TO APPRECIATE THEM).

LIKE YESTERDAY SHE HAS SPENT THE DAY EITHER SITTING IN HER CHAIR OR LYING ON HER BED. SHE IS HAPPY, WARM AND COMFORTABLE AND ASKED ME TO SEND HER LOVE TO YOU ALL. 

ESPECIALLY SHE THANKS THE GRANDCHILDREN WHO WERE PLANNING TO COME AND VISIT HER THIS WEEKEND BUT PUT OFF THEIR VISIT BECAUSE SHE WAS UNABLE TO COPE.  SHE ASKED ME TO TELL YOU THAT SHE LOVES YOU ALL VERY MUCH, AND THAT HER NOT WANTING TO BE VISITED BY HER GRANDCHILDREN WAS NOT BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT LOVE YOU BUT BECAUSE OF HER ILL STATE. SHE SAYS THAT WE ARE TO ENSURE THAT WE ALL LOVE EACH OTHER JUST AS SHE LOVES US, AND THAT EVEN WHEN SHE HAS LEFT HER OLD BODY SHE WILL STILL BE AROUND KEEPING AN EYE ON US.

THE DOCTOR CALLED TODAY WITH THE RESULTS OF HER YESTERDAY’S BLOOD TEST.  THIS SHOWED THAT THE MAXIMUM DRUG DOSES WHICH SHE IS ON HAS BEGUN TO AFFECT HER KIDNEYS.  THE DOCTOR IS THEREFORE INTENDING TO TAKE ANOTHER BLOOD TEST IN A WEEK’S TIME AND IF THE RESULT IS THE SAME SHE MAY REDUCE SOME OF THE DIURETICS MUM IS TAKING.  THIS COULD, OF COURSE, RE-START THE BREATHLESSNESS WHICH HAS AT PRESENT CEASED, SO THE DOCTOR WILL  TRY TO BALANCE ONE AGAINST THE OTHER TO ACHIEVE THE BEST RESULT FOR MUM.

ON A GOOD NOTE, LAST NIGHT MUM HAD THE BEST NIGHT’S SLEEP FOR A LONG TIME - 8PM UNTIL 7.15AM THIS MORNING.  CONSEQUENTLY SHE FELT GREAT AT THE START OF THE DAY THOUGH THIS GRADUALLY WEARS OFF SHE THEN DOZES ON AND OFF IN HER CHAIR.

MUM’S PHONE IS NOW DISCONNECTED UNTIL 12TH MARCH 2007 WHEN THE ONE IN HER NEW ROOM IS INSTALLED, BUT I WILL, OF COURSE, KEEP YOU POSTED VIA THE BLOG.

MUCH LOVE TO EVERYONE,

TED

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22/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 22 FEBRUARY 2007. MUM HAS HAD A GENTLE DAY TUCKED UP IN HER CHAIR UNTIL 8PM WHEN SHE SETTLED THANKFULLY ONTO HER BED. SHE HAS A BIG DAY TOMORROW- HER MOVE TO HER NEW ROOM WHICH IS NOW READY AND WAITING.  WE WILL START MOVING HER THINGS AT 8AM IN THE MORNING AND HOPEFULLY SHOULD BE FINISHED IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. WE WILL THEN TRANSFER MUM AND SETTLE HER DOWN AGAIN.

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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22/02/2007 by Ted.

MORNING OF 22 FEBRUARY 2007. MUM HAD A GOOD NIGHT. SLEPT UNTIL 3.30AM. WHEN I LEFT THIS MORNING SHE WAS SITTING IN HER CHAIR LOOKING COMFORTABLE AND READY FOR A NAP.

HER NEW ROOM IS BEING FITTED OUT THIS MORNING FOR HER REMOVAL TOMORROW. THERE IS A HICCUP WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A TELEPHONE THOUGH.  BT WONT BE ABLE TO DO THIS UNTIL 12TH MARCH 2007 SO SHE WILL BE OFF THE AIR FROM TOMORROW UNTIL THEN.

MORE LATER,

LOVE TO ALL

TED.

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21/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 21ST FEBRUARY 2007. THIS MORNING THE MANAGERESS OF ST GEORGE’S CALLED TO SAY THAT MUM WAS FEELING SO UNWELL THAT SHE HAD CALLED THE DOCTOR. WHEN THE DOCTOR CAME SHE SAID THAT MUM’S SYMPTOMS WERE THE EFFECTS OF HER SEVERE HEART FAILURE AND HEART ATTACK FOR WHICH SHE WAS ALREADY RECEIVING MAXIMUM DOSES OF MEDICATION. PRIVATELY SHE TOLD ME THAT MUM WAS VERY FRAIL AND HER HEART FAILURE WAS VERY ADVANCED. IN SHORT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE SHE COULD DO.

MUM SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY SITTING IN HER CHAIR FEELING EXHAUSTED AND SLEEPING ON AND OFF. SHE WAS GLAD TO BE IN BED BEFORE EIGHT O’CLOCK.

DURING THE DAY SHE ATE A LITTLE DINNER AND A FEW ORANGE SEGMENTS, BUT HAD NOTHING ELSE APART FROM DRINKS.

I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.

LOVE TO YOU ALL, 

TED. 

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20/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 20TH FEBRUARY 2007. SAW MUM THIS AFTERNOON. SHE WAS TIRED BECAUSE SHE HAD NOT HAD HER AFTER-DINNER SLEEP BUT OTHERWISE WAS OK. WHILE I WAS THERE THE MANAGERESS BROUGHT IN HER NEW MATTRESS WHICH CONFORMS TO HER SHAPE WHEN SHE LIES ON IT.  HOPEFULY THIS WILL PREVENT HER SLIPPING DOWN THE BED INTO AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION WHILE SHE IS ASLEEP AND TOGETHER WITH THE SEDATIVE SHOULD GUARANTEE HER A GOOD NIGHT’S REST.

HER NEW ROOM WILL BE READY ON THURSDAY AND SHE WILL BE MOVING INTO IT ON FRIDAY.  THERE IS ALREADY A TELEPHONE POINT IN THE ROOM SO IT WILL BE JUST A MATTER OF  ASKING BT TO TRANSFER THE LINE THERE TO HER NAME AND NUMBER.  I WILL TRY TO GET THIS ORGANISED FOR FRIDAY BUT IF THERE IS AN INTERRUPTION IN CONTACTING MUM BY PHONE AROUND THURSDAY/FRIDAY THAT IS THE REASON.

THIS LEADS TO ANOTHER POINT.  MUM NOW GETS INTO BED AROUND 6PM IN THE EVENING AND WHEN IN BED CANNOT REACH THE TELEPHONE. COULD WE THEREFORE RING HER BEFORE 6PM.  AT THE MOMENT SHE IS IN HER ROOM ALL DAY SO WILL NORMALLY BE AVAILABLE FROM AROUND 10AM UNTIL NOON AND 2PM UNTIL 6PM FOR TELEPHONE CALLS.

MORE TOMORROW,

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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20/02/2007 by Ted.

MORNING OF TUESDAY 20TH FEBRUARY 2007 VISITED MUM THIS MORNING AND SHE IS AS BRIGHT AS A BUTTON.  THE SLEEPING PILL PRESCRIBED BY THE DOCTOR YESTERDAY GAVE HER A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP AND SHE HAD A LUXURIOUS BATH TO FOLLOW. SHE HAD A WEETABIX BREAKFAST AND I LEFT HER SETTLED IN HER CHAIR SURROUNDED BY PILLOWS AND PLANNING HER MOVE TO THE NEW “ROOM WITH A VIEW” LATER THIS WEEK.

MORE LATER

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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19/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 19TH FEBRUARY 2007. I VISITED MUM AT 9.30AM TO SEE WHAT KIND OF A NIGHT SHE HAD HAD. JANET THE MANGERESS MET ME AT THE DOOR AND SAID THAT SHE HAD HAD ANOTHER BAD ONE, HARDLY SLEEPING AND NEEDING ASSISTANCE SEVERAL TIMES IN THE NIGHT. HOWEVER HER DOCTOR WAS DUE TO CALL AROUND LUNCHTIME.

WHEN I SPOKE TO MUM, WHO WAS VERY TIRED AND OUT OF SORTS AGAIN, SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD NOT BEEN TROUBLED BY BREATHLESNESS.  HER BEDREST AND FUROSEMIDE SEEMED TO BE COPING WITH THIS.  HOWEVER SHE HAD BEEN TOO UNCOMFORTABLE TO SLEEP - IT FELT LIKE COILS UNDER HER BTM. AS I LEFT I SUGGESTED TO JANET THAT MUM MIGHT SLEEP BETTER WITH A SEDATIVE AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD MENTION IN TO THE DOCTOR.  SHE HAS ALSO ORDERED  A SPECIAL MATTRESS AND CHAIR CUSHION FOR HER WHICH SHE THOUGHT MIGHT HELP.

I CALLED TO SEE MUM AGAIN AT 3PM AND SHE WAS WAS LYING ON THE BED FEELING UNWELL.  SHE HAD EATEN A LITTLE LUNCH BUT HAD NOT BEEN HUNGRY. AT TEA-TIME SHE COULDN’T FACE HER TOASTED TEACAKE AND JELLY AND CREAM AND JUST SETTLED FOR A CUP OF TEA AND SOME CHOCOLATE.

AT 7PM SHE LOOKED BRIGHTER. SHE WAS SITTING IN HER CHAIR AND WE HAD A PLEASANT HOUR TOGETHER.  SHE SAID THAT SHE FELT BETTER AND WAS CERTAINLY NOT AS TIRED AS LAST EVENING.  SHE WAS HOWEVER DREADING ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT.  HER DOCTOR HAD PRESCRIBED A SEDATIVE FOR HER TODAY AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ENABLE HER TO HAVE A BETTER NIGHT.

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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18/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 18TH FEBRUARY, 2007. MUM IS NOT WELL. SHE HAS ANOTHER DISTURBED NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING ASKED TO SIT IN HER CHAIR AT 5.30AM. THE CARERS MADE HER SNUG THERE AND SHE SLEPT DEEPLY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS UNTIL AWAKENED FOR HER MEDICATION. SHE REMAINED IN HER CHAIR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY UNTIL I PUT HER INTO BED, UTTERLY TIRED AND WEARY, AT 8PM.

WE ARE HOPING TO GET HER AN OXYGEN INHALER TOMORROW TO HELP HER THROUGH THE NIGHTS AND EXPECT HER DOCTOR AND THE DISTRICT NURSE TO BE CALLING IN TO SEE HER.  SHE IS EATING VERY LITTLE, AND ALL SHE WANTS IS TO BE FREED FROM HER FAILING BODY AND TO BE HOME WITH THE LORD.

THE CARERS ARE WONDERFUL IN THEIR SUPPORT.

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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17/02/2007 by Ted.

AFTERNOON 0F 17TH FEBRUARY 2007.  MUM HAD A DISTURBED NIGHT WITH MUCH BREATHLESSNESS. SHE RANG HER BELL FOR ASSISTANCE FOUR TIMES AND BY THE END OF THE NIGHT THE STAFF HAD FOUND AND INSTALLED A RIGID BACKREST FOR HER PILLOWS WHICH ALLOWED HER TO LIE UPRIGHT SO THAT FLUID DID NOT ACCUMULATE. HOWEVER SHE REMAINED BREATHLESS UNTIL SHE WAS GIVEN HER DIURETIC (40MG FUROSOMIDE).  WHEN THIS KICKED IN SHE WAS OK.  THE STAFF ARE NOW TO GIVE HER THE DIURETIC AT 7AM WITH A CUP OF TEA AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL EASE THINGS FOR HER.

SHE REMAINED IN HER ROOM TODAY TO CATCH UP ON THE SLEEP SHE MISSED DURING THE NIGHT.

THE STAFF IN THE HOME ARE LOVELY AND CAN’T DO ENOUGH FOR HER. PETER, THE MAINTENANCE MAN AT THE HOME, SAID THAT HER NEW ROOM SHOULD BE READY FOR HER TO MOVE INTO NEXT THURSDAY AND SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

LOVE TO ALL,

 TED.

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16/02/2007 by PeterJohnson.

Peter and I are both glad that you have finally got back to your own bed! When I spoke to Mum this evening, she said that as she got out of the ambulance she could hear a bird singing. What a lovely welcome. We will let Phil and Ali know the joyful news tomorrow, but seriously, we are glad that you are  in your home surrounded by the staff (and Ted!) who love you so much. We send you our bestest luv, and will see you soon.

Love you lots,   Barbara and Peter. (and Poppy)     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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16/02/2007 by Ted.

MUM ARRIVED BACK AT ST. GEORGE’S AT AROUND 4PM TODAY TO BE WELCOMED WITH HUGS AND KISSES. SHE WAS TIRED AFTER THE ARDUOUS JOURNEY THROUGH 23 MILES OF THE ROAD FROM BARROW TO MILLOM - AND HUNGRY, THE HOSPITAL NOT HAVING PROVIDED LUNCH FOR HER - BUT BY 7PM HAD REVIVED SOMEWHAT AND WAS GLAD TO BE HOME.

MUM IS OF COURSE AVAILABLE ON HER TELEPHONE BETWEEN 2PM AND 8PM DAILY. HER TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 01229 772872 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HER A RING TO KEEP IN TOUCH.

MUM ENJOYED OUR ALL BEING TOGETHER AS A RESULT OF HER HOSPITAL STAY AND WOULD LIKE US TO REMAIN SO. SO POST WHEN YOU CAN AND SHARE THINGS OR JUST SAY HELLO.

LOVE TO EVERYONE OUT THERE. I CERTAINLY ENJOYED MEETING EVERYBODY AGAIN.  PITY WE ARE SO DISPERSED.

TED.

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16/02/2007 by Ted.

MORNING OF 16TH FEBRUARY 2007. RECEIVED A PHONE CALL THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT MUM IS BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL TODAY BACK TO ST. GEORGE’S.  SHE IS DUE TO LEAVE THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE AT AROUND 4PM. CALLED INTO THE HOSPITAL TO SORT OUT ONE OR TWO THINGS AND HAD A QUICK WORD WITH MUM, WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A SHOWER. SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO “GOING HOME”.  I AM PLANNING TO BE THERE TO MEET HER WHEN SHE LANDS.

MORE LATER,

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15/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 15TH FEBRUARY 2007. WE HAD THE RESULTS OF THE SCAN THIS AFTERNOON.  THE “MASS” IS GALLSTONES WHICH WILL NOT REQUIRE AN OPERATION.

MUM IS HAPPY ABOUT THE RESULT AND IS NOW ACTIVELY PLANNING HER RETURN TO ST. GEORGE’S AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING FLOWERS AND THE LOVE AND CARE AT ST. GEORGE’S UNTIL THE LORD FINALLY CALLS HER HOME.

WE HAVE NO DATE FOR HER RETURN YET BUT THE DOCTOR IN CHARGE WILL BE ON THE WARD TOMORROW AND SOME NEWS IS EXPECTED THEN.

MUM, OF COURSE, IS FAR FROM WELL DUE TO THE HEART FAILURE AND HER RECENT HEART  ATTACK(S) SO HER LIFE AT ST. GEORGE’S WILL NOW BE AT A GENTLER PACE AND SHE WILL NEED MORE THINGS DONE FOR HER THERE.  HOWEVER THE NEW ROOM WHICH IS BEING PREPARED WILL MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR HER AND THE CARING STAFF. SHE IS STILL HAVING ATTACKS OF BREATHLESS DURING THE NIGHT WHEN SHE NEEDS OXYGEN AND WE HOPE TO HAVE AN OXYGEN FACILITY PROVIDED FOR HER THERE.  SHE WILL ALSO NEED ATTENDANCE BY THE DISTRICT NURSE.

SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HER OWN DAILY ROUTINE AGAIN AND I WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP A CLOSER EYE ON HER THAN AT THE HOSPITAL WITH IT’S RESTRICTED VISITING HOURS AND “TWO TO A BED” ETC. 

SO, ALL BEING WELL, IT IS BACK TO ST. GEORGE’S AS SOON AS WE CAN GO.

MORE TOMORROW,

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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