Well, to my surprise, kp had a good night.

She is still on the morphine drip, and therefore still very tired all the time. She can manage the odd conversation,  but more often than not, she falls asleep mid-sentence, which is quite funny. It happened with the staff today.

Waitress :- Do you feel up to any breakfast ?

kp :- No, thanks

Waitress :- How about a cup of tea ?

Silence !

The lady looked at me as if to say “that’s a no then”

The physio came round and gave kp some tips as to how to do deep breaths (a problem at the moment). And another way of coughing which doesn’t involve “coughing”, but “huffing”.

I gave kp a bedbath this morning, put her ted socks on yesterday, and did a semi-turn this morning. All the old skills are coming back This morning, I spent an hour or so asleep by the side of kp’s bed, and did my old “scare the shit out of a nurse” trick on a number of occasions, when they saw a pair of feet sticking out past the bottom of the bed.

So, kp generally ok today. They are planning to decrease the morphine later and are talking about getting her out of bed tomorrow, but kp is scared sh+tless about that. The slightest movement hurts like hell

I ordered her tea for tonight, because she couldn’t even face the thought of food. This is one area the hospital is better than NHS. They give you a menu of about 5 starters, mains and desserts.
I chose Galia Melon strips with forest berries for starter, Sirloin Steak, Mushrooms, Onions, Tomatoes and Chips for main course and there was about 5 lush desserts to choose from. They even allow you to choose how you want steak cooked. I ticked “rare”, because I don’t think kp will be up to dinner