What a Surprise!

What a wonderful surprise I had yesterday afternoon when I answered the door about 1530. There stood Richard, Ashleigh, James, George and Kira-Joy!

Richard, I did try to catch him whilst not talking, failed!

Totally unexpected, I would have half expected to see them if I had had the operation and was still in hospital but I thought all chance of seeing anyone before Christmas unless I went to them was gone?

Not only that but they came bearing gifts in the form of a cake made by Sharon, and oh so lush it was too!

George, James, Kira-Joy and Ashleigh.

Well then it was off to The Callywith in Bodmin for dinner which I was not allowed to even contribute towards, So thank you again Son!

Time alas went oh too quickly and they were heading back to their hotel in Plymouth as Kira-Joy was knackered but it was wonderful spending time with you, short though it was.
I love you all dearly and it is always a joy spending time with my family!
As a post script it came as a bit of a shock to Ashleigh to hear while we were waiting for her food that her ex boyfriend  had died in a crash and that understandably left her thinking about him and his family. Sorry Ash. xx

What a fiasco! Admission to hospital. 03/12/2019

Due to be booked into hospital (Fal Ward) at 1615 - 1630, duly arrived on time thanks to Stella for the lift.
Got booked into Clearbrook ward and we were met by the surgeon Mr S Asopa who informed us that they are looking at the possibility of having to do a valve as well as it looks like one of them is getting quite badly furred up. Wow a double bypass and a valve! Beat that one Phil.....
I then had tea (mushroom soup, ham sandwich, jelly and ice cream) and to find a bed.
Got to bed D3 at about 1930 to settle in for the night and slept fitfully.
Saw someone come just after midnight and remove my water jug as I was nil-by-mouth from then.
They came to do obs at 0600 and to wake us but I went back to sleep for a short time stirring again at 0730 when my bladder decided I should rise.
They came to make my bed at 0900 and asked me to shower and put on a gown ready to go down for the op. They also made my bed with strict instructions that I should not "mess it up by getting on it" as it was ready to go with me to the operating theatre.
Spent the morning with occasional visits from the nursing staff but most of the time I spent praying and reading my bible.
At around 1130 the anaesthetist came to talk and we were looking at about 1300-1330 going ahead which meant about 1230ish departure from the ward so I was given latex protection for my elbow and bum to protect it from body fluids etc that they would be in prolonged contact with.
Time marched on and I was beginning to get anxious by 1330 especially as at 1245 the staff nurse had rang and they said a few minutes.
Well to cut a long story short at 1410 a man in green came and told me that due to problems with the previous patient it was now too late to start mine and offered me another date, the 19th of December which I duly declined as it meant I would be in hospital over Christmas which is not fair on relatives and friends that are committed to getting Sue back and forth from the hospital for visits.

This was my nosh after 14 hours of nil-by-mouth.

As a reward they gave me 2 mugs of stewed tea, a chicken sandwich, fruit and yoghurt, cheese and crackers as I had been nil-by-mouth for so long and "must be hungry"! No I was ruddy ravenous....

They did offer to get me home but could not say how long it would be, the average wait was about 4 hours so Sue got neighbour Andy to bring her as Stella was at Truro college not expecting anything to happen today.

It looks like now we are looking at a date in January. hopefully early? I will post on here when I know........

I now have a new date being 19th January 2020..