The Daily Echo: Day 215

Not a great deal going on today. John has slept for much of the day, either in bed, or on the sofa, although he did do a bit of clearing up in the kitchen this afternoon, for which I was grateful.

I did housework-y things this morning – includng sorting out the washing, then doing the ironing. It had glowered at me for long enough so I thought I’d better get on with it. Pretty much everything is washed and ironed now, but I doubt that it’ll be long before I find more. I am not sure how that happens – it seems to be one long laundry session in our house.

John stayed in bed until lunchtime but managed to rouse himself long enough to down the drinks and tablets I’d taken him about ten o’clock, before slumping back into bed. Not sure if he’s feeling much better yet, but it’s early days, I think. One positive this morning, though, was the news from the department that had been reviewing the situation with his back, which is often painful. The MRI scan showed nothing more than the previous time they’d had a look at it which, as I recall, told us that there was some degradation around a couple of the bones. A referral to the spinal physio is planned, and s/he will do a video physio session as soon as they can fit him in.

I was going to wake John up so he could speak to the doctor on the phone, but she knew all about him having been in hospital and said, no, if he was sleeping, let him sleep. Naturally, she wouldn’t reveal a great deal of detail to me, but promised to send a letter in the post with the results of the scan and the plan of action. Yay. Something else to look forward to.

I went to a prayer group meeting this afternoon up at the church hall and, if nothing else, it was very nice to see everyone. I am currently on a faith wobble, so finding it all a bit hard. However, it was good to share those wobbly thoughts with everyone and be offered some sage advice in return. The theme of the afternoon was to debate the philosophy of good/evil, God/devil and temptation. Hell, I know all about temptation. In fact, it’s the only thing I can’t resist…..

It was so good to be reminded of the goodness of people though. The members of the prayer group are all very good and supportive and kind. So that raised my spirits. It was also good to be reminded that we all face challenges – nothing is unique to me and mine – and it’s how we face those challenges that dictates our lives, to a certain extent. (Rummages in bag for a positivity mask.)

We had a flurry of delightful photos from the Sutton Sleaths today as they explored rockpools in Devon. So lovely to see, and to know that they were still enjoying themselves. It was Michaels birthday today, so I hope he had a good time.

After we’d eaten this evening we watched TV again – that is all we seem to do – there must be more than this? When John is feeling better we may find other things to entertain us. Fingers crossed. Anyway, we went back to an old ‘Inspector George Gently’ and I confidently said he couldn’t possibly be shot because there’d be another programme. Only to find they were all shot at the end as it was the last in the series. Crumbs – that’s one way of killing off a series, anyway. But we enjoyed it.

And that’s it. Another day draws to a close. Another day of people falling sick and dying from this pesky virus. Today, 15,650 people were confirmed as having been infected – which is fewer than yesterday so that’s slightly better news, but still an awful lot of people – and 136 people died in the community. A heck of a lot of people were admitted to hospital, however. In the last twenty-four hours 844 people went into hospital, with 58 people having been reported as dying on 14 & 15 October.

Take care everyone. God bless.