Archive for 05/06/2007

ANNIVERSARIES IN JUNE

MY APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE SUBMISSION OF THIS POST.  LIFE IS RATHER BUSY.

3RD JUNE        PAUL THACKRAY’S 45TH BIRTHDAY

4TH JUNE        RACHEL TALBOT’S 33RD BIRTHDAY

                      BRYAN AND SUE REDSHAW’S 30TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

25TH JUNE       CAITLYN TALBOT’S 6TH BIRTHDAY

28TH JUNE       PETER AND BARBARA TALBOT’S 38TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

30TH JUNE       PHILIP TALBOT’S 36TH BIRTHDAY

                      JACK CHEATER’S 3RD BIRTHDAY

PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, AND TO EVERYONE I WISH A HAPPY EVERYTHING.

UPDATE ON MUM

EVENING OF 4TH JUNE 2007. ALL CONTINUES WELL AT ST. GEORGE’S. THE NEW CARE PLAN SEEMS TO BE WORKING OK AND MOST OF THE PROBLEM AREAS HAVE DISAPPEARED.  THE ONE OR TWO WHICH REMAIN ARE CAUSED BY THE CARERS HAVING TO GET USED TO THE NEW REGIME AND WILL BE RESOLVED WITH PRACTICE.

YESTERDAY WE WERE TOLD THAT THE NHS BED WHICH MUM IS USING HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO BE RETURNED, BUT IN THE EVENT IT WAS ONLY THE AIR MATTRESS WHICH WAS REQUIRED.  THIS WAS A RELIEF TO MUM AS IT HAD RIDGES ON ITS SURFACE WHICH SHE SOMETIMES FOUND UNCOMFORTABLE. THE REPLACEMENT STANDARD MATTRESS IS MUCH BETTER ALTHOUGH HER SLEEP PATTERN IS STILL ERRATIC.

SHE CONTINUES TO EAT WELL NOW THAT SHE IS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING THE FOOD TO HER MOUTH AND YESTERDAY EVENING WAS PLANNING TO SORT OUT HER DRESSES AND SKIRTS WITH A VIEW TO WEARING THEM AGAIN INSTEAD OF THE NIGHTDRESSES SHE NOW WEARS. SHE WAS EVEN CONTEMPLATING SITTING IN THE LOUNGE DURING THE DAYTIME AGAIN, ALTHOUGH THIS IS ONLY AT A VERY TENTATIVE STAGE OF CONSIDERATION.

THE GOOD WEATHER CONTINUES AND SHE HAS REGULARLY SPENT PART OF THE AFTERNOON OUT OF DOORS IN THE GARDEN. SHE REALLY ENJOYS THIS CHANGE.  THE GARDENS ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE WITH MASSES OF FLOWERS (COURTESY OF PETER THE GARDENER) AND TORRENTS OF BIRDSONG TO ENJOY.

AMIDST ALL THE PLANS AND ENJOYMENTS MUM IS STILL  AN ELDERLY, FRAIL AND POORLY LADY WHO IS ANXIOUS TO BE OFF TO THE WONDERFUL LIFE WHICH AWAITS HER TOGETHER WITH HER ALREADY-DEPARTED LOVED ONES IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR SAVIOUR, THE LORD JESUS.

HER LOVE COMES TO YOU ALL,

MINE TOO,

TED.

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