19 June 2015 at 14:43
When I
came downstairs this morning Thunderthighs was home from his paper round and
sitting at the foot of the stairs.
I
enquired after his health: "fine".
So I
asked why he was lurking around the front door.
"I'm
waiting for that paper girl. She's late. Again!"
"What's
it to you? Do you want her paper round as well?"
A few
moments' silence then
"Yes.....
I think I'll tell the boss about it."
I
suggested it might be better to offer to cover other people's rounds when
they're on holiday, than to be nasty and try and take someone's round away from
them.
But I had
to admire the ambition.
🚗 🚗 🚗
Another Little Hiatus
When we were in hospital in April because of the wound
on Ferretfingers’ ankle we had to cancel our planned holiday in Wales.
I'd planned to meet up
with the Coven in Portsmouth and The Niece and griblings in Bournemouth the week after Easter, but couldn't do it.
I've been
really anxious that it might stop us from going away to Devon, Doset and Derbyshire next week; a trip that was booked in February.
The
Community Nurses are still coming in twice a week doing dressings and it is
healing up very well, but still not totally closed and sealed. The pico-dressing has been discontinued,
replaced with a dry dressing and huge ‘elastoplast’.
Last
Friday I asked the Nurse if it might be possible for us to go away.
"Are
you happy to change the dressings?"
"Yes.
I've seen it done often enough and put dressings on when that horrible little
boil kept erupting."
"Then
I shall put together a pack with dressings, spares, gloves and cleaning
things."
"Could
you put in instructions as well just to make sure."
"Certainly.
You need to get away for mental health as much as anything. And if anything
goes wrong just take him to the nearest health centre."
True to
her word Tuesday’s Nurse brought a package labelled Ferretfingers’ holiday
pack.
We had an
appointment at the hospital yesterday and the nurse there was happy with everything
and has signed us off fully into the care of the Community Nurses.
So we are going away as planned and there
will be a break in communications until July.
Be good.
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