Day 372 – Wednesday 3rd May 2006
The plumbers (4 of them) didn’t go until 6.45pm. It was good to have the house back to ourselves. Poor Marie had to go moments later to catch the bus to Middlesbrough. I went to bed at 11pm and kp followed at 2am.
Not a good day today. We had some good plans today. Tesco shopping and in the afternoon, I was due to give blood, with kp coming to meet up with her work buddies.
From the moment she woke up, I could tell all was not well. The tell-tale signs were there. She was quiet, with her head down and uninterested in anything around her.
I made her some breakfast – hardly a word was spoken. She was uninterested in anything I had to say, and apologised for her mood – Obviously, not necessary ! From the little she did say, I could gather it was her body that was pulling her mind down. There is so much she wants to do, but she feels so trapped unable to do it. Something as simple as “putting the washing out”. She was chomping at the bit to do that today but couldn’t.
When it came to me giving blood, she certainly wasn’t up to going and couldn’t have faced her work buddies, so we stayed at home. It’s a shame really, because we got her all ready for a trip out and she spent most of the afternoon in bed.
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day – although Cleo is going to the vet in the morning and that could spell bad news. Fingers crossed – as always.
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:13 pm
good luck with cleo 2morro and hope you’ll b feeling brighter.x
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:33 pm
Ok, you are one of my dearest friends, so I’ll say it, as I would to any other friend:
1. Your courage is fantastic
2. Your improvements (physically) are astounding – I know you can get yourself in and out of my Ford Focus and that you can do the same with the Volvo, you and David just simply have to do it.
3. I can’t give you back your full sight, but if I could I would swap eyes easily .
4. Your hips are going to be trouble, just like you, again if you want half of my hips, legs (you wouldn’t want my back) you can have them.
5. If I could ease your pain, then I would
Fingers crossed for good days
Call me any day
Take care
Ronnie
May 3rd, 2006 at 10:54 pm
Karen Pollard….you astound me every day…you have made great progress, just chatting to you on MSN last night was so good,and i know it was hard for you to focus..but you did it….thats just you…you just do it…all of it..your just fan-bloody-tastic(how rude!!)…..keep your chin up hun…easy for me to say i know, but you know where i am….msn,phone,email…just get in touch anytime..my super bloomer’s are at the ready..if only to make you giggle(you should see them now, may need a bigger size before long) and give a little light relief…
im so proud to be a ‘pretend friend’ if you need me..pick up the phone…
everyone sends there love, the arch bishop said to tell ‘sister pollard’ she’s thinking of you….
take care…
love debsxx
May 3rd, 2006 at 11:30 pm
knew as soon as l spoke to you this evening you were not feeling great,like me you cant always disguise it.like l said you cant be good everyday we all wish that was possible but its not ,and you have a lot going on at the moment what with cleo,the plumbing situation your breakthrough pain,problem with your eyes thats only this week.ld be amazed if you were on top of the world.Dont be to harsh on yourself its ok to feel down under the circumstances in fact its down right NORMAL.I know its no picnic when you feel like that but you just have to go with it and hopefully you will feel bit better soon .Big day tomorrow,cleos results lm hoping and praying for good news but whatever will be will be .we will all be thinking of you and there to support you and David come what may,fingers crossed.Charity made £251.50 so far,half way there would love to get to £500 by saturday will keep you informed.Hope tomorrow is a brighter day for all of you love marie xx
May 4th, 2006 at 11:04 am
Hi Karen and David, just read yesterdays blog. I’m sorry about my waffly message on the phone last night about the B&B, i wouldn’t have bothered you if I had known you were feeling down – just get back to me when you feel up to it. None of us can imagine how frustrated you must feel. I hope you are feeling better soon and all goes well with Cleo today, thinking of you, lots of love, Tracey xxx.
May 4th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Tracy – we were having tea when you phoned so we let it go to the machine. We found it very funny when you left a message as kp said “is she still on ?” – And she said that twice. We had no idea what you were saying, but could here you talking
May 5th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
So very sorry to hear about Cleo, Marie has been keeping me informed. I have not had time to read the blog for a while but as I said Marie keeps me up to date when we get to see each other.It very sad the loss of a good friend and people who are not animal lovers dont understand so take some time to grieve for her.