Probably like most other folks, I am fed up with the snow
and the ice and sludge. On Tuesday
morning I decided to scrape my car and head for the gym. Our cul-de-sac was like an ice rink but the
main roads were fine. The gym wasn’t
very busy which was fine by me. I had a
reasonable work out then went home for an early lunch. In the afternoon, Phil
& I went to the cinema.
Phil gave me a choice of 2 films, Django Unchained or Jack
Reacher. I find Quentin Tarantino films
way too violent for me so I choose the Jack Reacher film. I didn’t think I would enjoy it but actually,
I thought it was a really good film and so did Phil. After we came out of the cinema, we decided
to walk to the open market to buy some fruit.
Boy it was bitterly cold outside and we very glad when we finally got
back into our warm cosy flat.
I was back in the gym again on Wednesday morning and had a
really good workout. Just had time to
eat a little bowl of chilli and rice and when it was time for Phil to drive me
to the station. I caught the 13.13 to
Birmingham to see Sue. It was snowing slightly
outside and my train was just a couple of minutes late. When I got to Birmingham New Street, I
checked the board and there were quite a few trains to London Euston cancelled
which worried me.
Sue was moved out of ICU late on Tuesday afternoon and onto
Ward 306 which is a post op cardiology ward.
I found Sue in room 7 propped up in bed in her pink pyjamas. Sue was in a private room, with her own
bathroom and a great view. I meant to
take a picture but I forgot. Sue was
looking fabulous and I was amazed just how well she is doing. She told me that morning she’d managed to
wash her hair and the physiotherapist had even got her doing 3 minutes on the
exercise bike. Wow! The best thing was that she was free of her
plugs, she only had one box left which actually she had taken out later that
evening. I stayed a couple of hours and
then said my goodbyes.
I was a little worried that my train would be cancelled but
I was lucky the 5.30 pm was running and on time. The London train before and the one after
was cancelled I think due to signal failure as opposed to bad weather. Milton Keynes station was bedlam with
traffic. Phil very kindly picked me up
and we’d only been home a few minutes when Chris turned up outside to pick Phil
for his Wednesday outing, an Indian restaurant in Stony.
Yesterday morning I did ASDA and the gym and when I got back
I loaded my car and took our rubbish and my neighbours to the tip. Our rubbish was meant to be collected on
Monday and I have no idea when they will come to collect. I checked on the MK Council website but
collection information was not very clear.
Yesterday afternoon was a chance to catch up with domestics, boring but
unfortunately necessary.
This afternoon I was meant to be going down to Birmingham
with Brian to see Sue but Sue called last night to say that she may be
discharged today. Good job I hadn’t got
round to booking my train tickets or cancelling my appointments. Of course, this is good news but there is a
little bit of me that is worried that this is tad too early. Sue is doing great and post op she makes a
good recovery but this is major surgery that she’s just had and I worry that
once home she will overdo it. There is
nothing to do in hospital apart from R&R but it’s a different story at
home.
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