19 June 2012
A scary night! Sometime during the night I woke up with pain in my buttock. I reached out for the alarm button and no amount of waving my arms about could find it. So I called out, as loudly as I could, under the respirator, for my night carer. There was absolutely no response, no […]
18 June 2012
Our first visitor this morning was Neil, from Possum – the instrument people who set up a master control unit, in my office, which I could use for telephoning, switching the lights on or off, locking or unlocking doors, etc all using a simple switch, which can be operated by striking it with one’s hand. […]
17 June 2012
Father’s Day. A day set aside to celebrate the value of the father in the family. Although started in 1910 in America it did not really take root much before the Thirties and since then has been a source of commercial income mirroring Mother’s Day, which is taken more seriously. Anyway, Miles and Chloe did […]
16 June 2012
I had a particularly good night’s sleep, in fact the best yet since we have had the benefit of the night carers. We also had a new day carer from Ross Nursing, a second blonde Paula. She will have to be Paula number two (not Bert, as she suggested!) I must say. I am impressed […]
15. June 2012
For some reason I would have to classify this as a’ low day’. No particular reason, that I can think of, I just did not have my usual spark. Perhaps it was because it was another sunny morning, and it, the chilly side, I admit, but one that I could possibly have gone out into […]
14. June 2012
One of our district nurses, Sarah, turned up today with a package of dressings for the two suspect sore toes. In the event, we decided that as the skin and not broken , we would not .this dress them, but keep an eye on them. I have been very impressed with the attention and response […]
13 June 2012
As a result of the four frightening experiences with the respirator, ‘my lovely’ seems adamant that I should have someone with me at all times who understands the operation of the respirator, this led me to consider the logistics in connection with my weekly visits to the geriatric golf day at Worlington. This person, whoever […]
12 June 2012
It being a Tuesday you might expect me to be driving round the golf course talking to my geriatrics club member friends. Of course, you would be right and I await with bated breath, the five-day weather forecast, which shows me that it is going to be warm and sunny next Tuesday. Sadly, there have […]
11 June 2012
Great excitement last night, most of which I was oblivious to. Apparently my respirator was constantly setting off the alarm and poor Lillian, my all night carer, was not sure what she should do about it. In any event she did not wake Alice but waited until she came down just before 5.00 a.m. The […]
10. June 2012
When I woke up this morning I remembered that daughter Chloe had spent the night and so had the pleasure of her company until after lunch, when she returned East Dulwich. This was one of those rare occasions when it was not necessary to ask Chloe to help me deal with a backlog of printing […]