We had guests yesterday – Carol and John, and Pete and Dawn came round – which is just what John wanted. He did his best to keep up with the chatter and enjoyed the company, but both couples could see that he was struggling a bit with controlling his pain, so they left reasonably early – which left us to the task of pill-popping to try and ease the agony.
He was too tired and too much in pain to even show John B his Lotus. “Next time,” we said. “Next time.”
In addition to coping with guests, there was also an underlying anxiety all day. Thomas had had an accident on Monday and was nee-nawed to Walsgrave Hospital. It was one of those accidents that you fear may happen. Poor Thomas was absent-mindedly sucking on a pipe that was for building a tent, and had fallen. Consequently, his soft palate fell victim.
Surgery was called for yesterday morning which, naturally, made us all anxious, but it went OK and Thomas was discharged in the afternoon. Soup, jelly and ice-cream are now on the menu…..
After a very full-on few days, John wondered what our plans for today were. “We don’t have anything in the diary,” I said, “Let’s just relax and take it easy.” John agreed. He was feeling exhausted.
But ha! Relaxing and taking it easy is easier said than done. Despite an increase in the meds yesterday, John’s pain is still evident and so most of the day has been spent trying to sort out the right level of medication. A phone call to the Macmillan Nurse tomorrow, I think.
We opted out of the babysitting duties that we had scheduled for this evening as well as opting out of Quiz Night. John went to bed at half past eight. I’m hoping he gets a reasonable night’s sleep.
One bright moment in our day though, was an unexpected visitor at lunchtime. Andrew called in. He was driving back from London – via the Midlands to Wales – and thought he’d drop in, put a load of washing on, have a cuppa and a kip before setting off again. We had a little while with him, but he slept for much of the afternoon, having had a heavy weekend with fellow chefs in London, preparing a banquet at the Lords’ Cricket Ground yesterday. Perked John up a teeny bit.
And that’s us for now.
Take care everyone. God bless.