Update

Well, apparently, the ol’ man stayed in A&E all night long and was only moved into a ward this morning. He is in a side room, but is feeling a little too poorly to post ‘is ‘oliday pics just yet. He still has a temperature, indicating an infection, but they don’t quite know where that might be. Or they might, and just haven’t told us…..

On a drip, antibiotics and oxygen, he is struggling to get to the loo, trawling everything behind him. He is still feeling sickly and was offered an anti-sickness pill which he took, and which knocked him out into the sea of dreams – those of the weird and wonderful sort – only for him to wake up twenty minutes later distressed and wondering where the hell he was.

In the meantime, and for the third time this year, a doctor came toddling along to ask John if he had a DNR form completed. No, he hasn’t! And it’s not appropriate to talk about it when he’s feeling very vulnerable, thank you very much!! And not only that, it’s easy to get the wrong end of the stick when you’re woozy from a high temperature and pills, so leave him alone!! Alright?

Of course, I didn’t say all that to the doctor when I spoke to her. I was as nice as bloomin’ pie and explained that some clarification might be needed for John if she could possibly do so, pretty please.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I have had a young man in our home all day. He has been fitting new worksurfaces to our kitchen and utility room. And very sparkly they look, too. It is not yet finished, and he will have to drop back in tomorrow to fit a pipe to replumb the kitchen sink, but I think I am pleased with the work he has done. I’ll have a look with a clear eye tomorrow. Feel too tired to properly take it all in today.

I am not quite sure what I have done all day. I know I got up early to ensure that the path was clear for the young man to do his work. Then I did a whole load of shredding of Mum’s bank statements. Might have spent a few hours watching tennis……. and then watched the England/Germany match – not quite from the start though, because I nipped up the shops to get cat food at 5 o’clock. Guess what? The shops, the village, the roads were all deserted. Can’t think why…..

• 20,479 people tested positive for COVID today. In the last 7 days the increase in positive cases has risen by nearly 73%. I am not sure that opening up without masks or social distancing etc is going to be a good thing on July 19th. Although, of course, now we have a new Health Secretary who says we need to ‘learn to live with COVID’ and suggests we no longer need to publish the data. Hahahahaha…… (sorry, hysteria overtaking me now!) that might be OK in rarefied atmosphere of the Houses of Parliament but I think he needs a reality check.
• 23 people died in the community with the virus in the last 24 hours
• 265 people were admitted to hospital
• 16 people have died in hospitals since 25 June

The vaccination programme is still going on, with ‘no appointment needed’ clinics popping up across the country, which is a good thing, in my opinion. We need to get as many people vaccinated as we can and as quickly as we can. Then on to boosters please…… However, 127,260 people got their first dose in the last 24 hours and 138,016 got their second. That means four-fifths of the adult population has had their first dose and nearly two-thirds, both doses. But what about the children? Let’s not forget the children, please?

Take care everyone. God bless.