§ The Limbo Dance: signifying an emergence from death to life. §
26 September 2016 – Email Update to friends and rellies – Recovery time
It’s all happening here!
John spent a week in hospital and came home again on Friday afternoon. Apologies for the delay in letting everyone know, but I have been tied up not just with looking after John, but helping my Mum clear her house ready for a move to a new flat this coming weekend too.
Where was that pesky bug?
The doctors established that the infection John had was in the Hickman line (choo!! choo!!), which is quite common……They had been keen to get the line removed as soon as they could to prevent such a thing happening, but just a tad too late, darn it!! Anyway, antibiotics did the trick and no further infections were found elsewhere (much to my relief, as I had been thinking I might have been poisoning him again) so all good.
Exhausted
However, it is two steps forward and one step back – to be expected I know, but nonetheless frustrating for John – as the stay in hospital has left him very weak due to further loss of muscle tone. And even a walk to the car is exhausting for him just at the moment. Ah, well, it’ll have to be just watching the rugby/footy/grand prix/cricket (although season over now in England alas and congrats to Middlesex) for a few weeks – I am sure that will be a hardship!!
We are due back to the clinic again this Friday, but in the meantime we are monitoring John closely for signs of anything untoward, and I will be contacting the ward to get advice if I see anything at all that is suspicious. It’s really not fun to feel so poorly and if we can nip things in the bud it might make life just a little easier.
White collar work?
Despite it all, we are still enjoying each other’s company (well, I speak for myself here, of course!) and still having a few laughs along the way. And,of course, John still has plenty of advice for me and the boys on managing the various projects we have on the go, so he’s still being very useful. Being unable to pick up his regular work now, I have suggested to him that he now be the white collar worker of the family, and have set him several tasks to be done via the internet, so I am hoping he’ll get on with them sooooon………….And I shall know when he’s feeling better when he starts arguing with me!
And thanks….
All for now – and once again, massive ‘thank yous’ to all those people supporting me/us/my Mum, with your kind thoughts, flowers, food and labour – so very, very much appreciated.
Lots of love, Anne