27/03/2007 by Ted.

EVENING OF 27 MARCH 2007. AFTER A SHAKY MORNING START MUM WAS BACK ON FORM THIS AFTERNOON, SO MUCH SO THAT, IT BEING A BEAUTIFUL DAY, SHE VENTURED IN A WHEELCHAIR INTO THE GROUNDS OF ST. GEORGE’S. HERE SHE ENJOYED HALF AN HOUR OR SO IN THE WARM SUNSHINE CLAD IN HER NIGHTIE, A SHAWL AND MY GILETTE. IT REALLY CHEERED HER UP AFTER MONTHS COOPED UP IN THE BUILDING AND SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN AS WEATHER PERMITS.

SHE HAD A VISIT FROM A DOCTOR TODAY - NOT HER OWN DOCTOR - TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS TO HER MEDICATION TO AMELIORATE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE DRUGS SHE IS TAKING AT PRESENT.  SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE BUT SHE WILL HAVE A CONSULTATION WITH HER OWN DOCTOR WHEN SHE RETURNS FROM HOLIDAY ON MONDAY TO SEE IF ANYTHING ELSE CAN BE ADJUSTED.  THE FUROSEMIDE - DIURETIC - PILLS MAKE HER DROWSY AND WITHOUT ENERGY AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE THEM FOR SOMETHING ELSE WHICH WILL NOT HAVE THIS SIDE EFFECT.

FOR SOME TIME NOW MUM HAS BEEN WAKING IN THE EARLY HOURS TANGLED UP IN HER BLANKETS AND HAS HAD TO RING FOR HELP TO SORT THEM OUT. TODAY SHE WAS “KITTED OUT” WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT DUVET WHICH IT IS HOPED WILL NOT RESULT IN AN EARLY HOURS TUSSLE TO GET THINGS STRAIGHT AGAIN. THIS WILL ENABLE HER TO SLEEP THROUGH MORE EASILY. SHE IS, HOWEVER, SLEEPING QUITE WELL DESPITE THE TANGLE.

SHE WAS BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL AGAIN TONIGHT AND ASKED ME ONCE AGAIN TO SEND HER LOVE TO YOU ALL, 

MINE TOO,

TED.

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27/03/2007 by Ted.

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