UPDATE ON MUM

13/03/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 13TH MARCH 2007.  HAD A SUPRISE WHEN I WALKED INTO MUM’S ROOM THIS MORNING - ALL THE FURNITURE HAD BEEN CHANGED ROUND TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR HER TO MOVE AROUND. MUM WAS SITTING IN HER “NEW POSITION” CHAIR LOOKING VERY WELL AFTER HER WEEKLY BATH. SHE HAD EATEN BREAKFAST AND ORDERED OXTAIL SOUP AND A SWEET FOR LUNCH. AFTER LUNCH SHE HAD A NAP AND THEN REMAINED FRESH FOR THE AFTERNOON.  TEA CONSISTED OF TOMATO SANDWICHES FOLLOWED BY PEACH SLICES WHICH SHE ENJOYED TOO ONCE SHE HAD MADE UP HER MIND TO EAT THEM.  AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY SHE IS ON THE DOWNHILL SLIDE TO HER EVENING TIREDNESS AND EATING IS ALWAYS AN EFFORT. SHE ALSO FANCIED AN ORANGE - FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AGES.  PRIOR TO HER HOSPITAL VISIT SHE HAD ENJOYED AN ORANGE AND SOME GRAPES EVERY DAY, SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE HER EATING ONE AGAIN. ABOUT 7PM THE DISTRICT NURSE ARRIVED TO CHANGE HER “ONE-MONTH” CATHETER FOR A “THREE-MONTH” ONE. ALSO THIS MORNING A SAMPLE OF HER POO WAS TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOSPITAL BUG HAD MADE IT’S FINAL EXIT.  HOWEVER WHEN THE SAMPLE WAS SENT OFF WE WERE TOLD THAT IT HAS TO BE TWO WEEKS AFTER THE LAST ANTIBIOTIC IS TAKEN BEFORE AN ANALYSIS CAN BE MADE SO ANOTHER SAMPLE WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN NEXT WEEK.

SO IT HAS BEEN QUITE AN EVENTFUL DAY FOR MUM AND SHE WEATHERED IT VERY WELL.  SHE WAS IN BED ABOUT SEVEN-THIRTY, STILL BRIGHT, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP.

SHE SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL,

ME TOO,

TED.

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