Hiatus Day Ten - Texts and Journal

Thunderthighs fed Ernexdoor’s cat Lola while she was on a business trip.  Previously I’ve gone in with him; this time he was on his own.

Texts 04/04/2025

18.28 Ernextdoor – Hi Ben, how are things!  How’s Ferretfingers doing?  I’m back home so catch up when you’re free. xx

18.40 to Ernextdoor – We’re still in the RVI until Monday at the earliest.  Ferretfingers is on 2 different antibiotics, 4 tablets 4 times a day + painkillers.  He has a vacuum machine with tubes into his ankle pumping saline in and dissolved blood clot out.  His bloods are good with inflammatory markers going down.  He’s very patient but wants to go home.  I’m staying with him on a Zbed.  Thunderthighs has been great bringing clean clothes and doing the laundry.  Fester supplies chocolate and has come & stayed so I could go home for a bath & hairwash.  Hope Lola-cat’s OK.  How was Stockholm?

18.43 to Ernexdoor – I’m looking at it as a sort of retreat: reading, knitting, lying down a lot & eating chocolate.  And I have a can of g&t for when I get desperate.

18.57 Ernextdoor – Oh Ben, sounds good that his blood markers are heading in the right direction, and that you’re positive and viewing it as a retreat xx I can supply G&T as required and Thunderthighs with chocolate xx  Please thank Thunderthighs and I have some Nordic chocolates for him and a little pressie for you xx

19.07 To Many – Had a lovely time at LDNE’s CEO’s retirement do.  Emil sat with David.  Mrs Eft gave me a lift home to get showered and changed, to LDNE and then back to the RVI.  When I got back Fester and Thunderthighs were already here.  Ferretfingers placid.  Machine working.  More bloods taken.

Friday 4 April 2025 22.23 – RVI

Still here and probably still here until Monday and beyond.

Waiting for Ferretfingers’ last medications of the day, and for the canister on his vac-dressing machine to be changed because it won’t go the night.

To be honest I can’t be bothered to write any more.   

It’s been a good day with getting to LDNE’s CEO’s retirement do*, and people being so complimentary.   

And Emil, Fester, Thunderthighs, Mrs Leftfoot and her eldest daughter calling. 

And Mrs Eft giving me a lift to and from the retirement do.   

And Middlesister on the phone.   

But now I just want to go to sleep.  

Or lie down under the covers at least and listen to some podcasts.

*We were planning to be down in Wales this week and would have missed it so at least some good came out of all this.