1st attempt

Well I�m here now so let�s just get on with it.

I was up bright and early with the larks this morning so that Judith could
drop me into Heath Towers between 7 and 8am, well to be precise I drove
myself into Heath Towers as a sort of last request before being caged up for
however long this is going to take and Judith will then carry on to work
after she has handed over responsibility for me.

The roads were pretty clear that time of day thankfully and we were there in
no time at all. I don�t know why it is but every time I come in I always
seem to have endless amounts of bags all full of just the bare essentials to
get me started. I see people turning up with like just a carrier bag and
that�s all, whereas I turn up with the Laptop Bag a Small Suitcase for all
my Clothing and toiletries etc, then there�s the bag full of Medication
which can be quite huge at times itself. It gets to the point when there is
so much stacked up on top of me and hanging from the Wheelchair that poor
old Judith must be thinking she is pushing a tank up a hill with the brakes
on. To make this all worst though you want to see what its like when I end
up leaving, that�s so much worse, so much so that Judith usually starts to
take bits and pieces home a few days before otherwise she would have to go
hire a van or something.

They were a bit surprised to see me so early but I didn�t quite understand
this as I was only speaking to one of the nurses on duty last night a
couple of hours earlier and explained I was coming in at that time. Well the
day has sort of just trundled along really. Not a lot has happened that you
would have noticed but behind the scenes things such as the arrangement to
have a CT Scan and liaising with the chest team and physio has all been
going on as well as the fact that they have started the IV Antibiotic too
which will hopefully start to do something in a few days or so. So all in
all a day of progress I think or as Peter would say �Onward and Upward�. I
got to meet a new member of the team who�s name slips my mind at the moment
but he seems a cheerful chappy so I�ll have to put a stop to that pretty
sharpish!!!

I was going to go on and write a rather interesting article about the
hospitals idea of, �A Right Old Laugh�!!, yes, you guessed it, �Hospital
Food�, but it would be a shame to end what looks to be a more happy,
positive blog posting on a low, depressing, demoralising, disgusting
note��well you get the picture I�m sure, but be warned the longer it goes on
the more intense the blog is going to be so I hope for all your sakes it
comes out soon.

Just a little note for Jacqueline, lovely to see you both hope they didn�t
poke and prod too much and tell your Mam I want a postcard from Blackpool
with her signature on OR ELSE!!

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