We were up with the lark this morning and off to Heartlands for John’s immunoglobulin treatment. It’s a good treatment, in that it helps with immunity, but it’s a bind having to trundle over to the hospital every three or four weeks. And, as John said, “I don’t want to be doing this, but that’s the world we live in now.”
Indeed we do. A world of hospital appointments. Three times we will have been to a hospital this week, for one thing and another. And now I am adding to the medical list by visiting the dentist yet again tomorrow. The ‘ol toothache/jaw-ache is getting on my wick and I’m off the see whether there is any more that I can do in the care of the wound left behind from the extraction.
Meanwhile, I dropped John off at the hospital and then moseyed off to the hairdressers. That was nice. It was only a half-hour session for a cut ‘n blow dry, but a very welcome rest with someone looking after me.
After the hairdressers, I shot home to turn up the wedding trousers for the Sutton Sleath grandchildren and I was just in the middle of the job when Michael called in. He’d been to look at nurseries in Kenilworth, so I offloaded the trousers to him, plus a spot of their washing that I’d got here.
Michael was on a day off and had suggested we might get together this afternoon for a coffee and a chat. However, he thought he might visit Grandma – what did I think? Oh, yes, I thought. Visit Grandma? She’ll be thrilled. So it was all arranged. By the looks of the photos he sent, she had a good time.
A quick trip over to Birmingham to collect John at lunchtime and then we were back home ready to watch the cricket. Disappointingly, England lost, which I wasn’t expecting because they had been playing so very well. Ah, well, maybe next year….
In between times, I thought I’d submit my dispute to the bank about the double-payment to Amazon. Drew a blank – the internet wasn’t working. All OK on John’s computer downstairs, but nothing doing on mine. Thank the Lord for John. He got onto Sky to check what was needed and within a very short space of time he’d got it sorted. My saviour!
All in all, it’s been a busy day, topped off with a wonderful quiz this evening. Everyone was on top form and, as usual, I loved their company. It’s always good to catch up and have a giggle.
39,329 people tested positive for the virus today. Two hundred and fourteen people died with it. 823 people were admitted to hospital with it.
74 people died with COVID in hospitals in the last 48 hours and the NHS website advises that:
‘There was a nationwide CPNS system outage throughout Sunday 31 October, with no access for providers to upload records and no regional or national validation. Therefore, the daily announced deaths file was unable to be produced for Monday 1st November. The CPNS system issues have been resolved and daily reporting has been restored as normal from Tues 2 Nov onward. As a result, the data over the next few days may be higher while the records are entered into the system.‘ That makes the figures interesting.
Take care everyone. God bless.
A pause for thought today. which I rather like. A little poem from Ian McMillan….
Today is the prize In Time’s Pass the Parcel And there’s always another layer To unwrap. I Hope.
Lovely photo xx