Just had a phonecall from a very upset Karen

Marie and Michelle had had an afternoon of kp mostly sleeping. But when they left, she got very upset.

She told me she feels like she has so far to go and she knows she has come so far, but that doesn’t help. There is no quick fix for this. There is nothing I can really say or do apart from sympathise with her. I feel so sorry for her. The first thing I want to do when I hear her crying is go in

kp:- I don’t want you to come in, I want you to get a good night’s sleep.

She asked me what we were going to do tomorrow and I laid out the itinerary for her and I think it took a bit of an edge of her hurt.

She understands her predicament well now, but I suppose its understandable that she gets upset about the long road ahead. It will be a hard one, but together we can crack anything. The more she comes home, the more she will realise what she can’t do, but I know for sure she would rather come home than spend time at the hospital. That’s even with Ward 22 being absolutely awesome.

We’ll have a cracking weekend, we are going to pace ourselves better. As Karen herself said a few moments ago :-

kp:- “We will only do transfers if they are essential”

I left her still upset, which is very hard, but she was going to buzz for some tissues, and I know one of the nurses is aware that she is upset, so I have no doubt they will look in on her.

See you at 10am love

Love you so much !

dp
xxxxx