Day 17 – Saturday 14th May 2005
kp is on a roll !!!! 
She was on the bellows overnight for a while. This is a halfway house between full ventilation and breathing for herself. It is more taxing for Karen, but makes her lungs stronger…….But…..
Was tiring at 5am, put back on ventilation. Plan to return to bellows. Much more alert/orientated today. Very appropriate responses but left neglect/paresis remains.
She had a bloody awful night “projectile vomiting” as kp herself described it.
But a cracking day today. She had the voice thing fitted to her ventilator and gave the doctor (John) the “1000 question” treatment about her awful night. Poor chap probably wants to get her sedated asap.
Here’s his record of it……
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But, he went on to say………
Awake and communicating well with the cuff down but keeps asking the same questions repeatedly
She has been smiling today a lot at various funny situations.
There is a lovely indian nurse called Susilla, and Karen keeps calling her over using the name “Basillus”. When she was first told the name Susilla, she bluntly said “who thinks up these names ?”. We chuckled. Susilla smiled.
On the negative side she is also very confused and is convinced she went out with one of the nurses (Alan) for a meal the night before. Alan says he didn’t go out with her. I believe him. But this is quite normal apparently to have vivid dreams when on morphine.
kp is off all pain relief at the moment but the memories of the dreams linger.
I have been prodding lots of karen’s left side today. Something to do 
She said she could feel it, but then I said “can you feel this ?” (and I wasn’t prodding) and she said “yes”. I said “I wasn’t prodding then. You cheat ! ”. She immediately replied “You’re a cheat too then”. I laughed, kp did a big grin.
I have a voice recording of Karen thanking everyone for their texts. When my friend Nigel can get it on the internet, I will post the link in the blog and you can hear kp.
Tomorrow should be the move to Sunderland. 2pm is the scheduled time, could be earlier or later though.
Pelvic Op on Tuesday.
Roll on days like today !
May 15th, 2005 at 8:10 am
Fantastic news. Well done KP.
Karen is making a remarkable recovery – and she still manages to ‘have a laugh’ – even though it is at DP’s expense. Everyday we think about Karen and wonder how she is – and everyday we receive that very awaited text message with an update – Karen is making such wonderful progress its just absoutely marvellous how she lifts our lives making just a little bit of progress everyday. Thanks Karen. Your are doing briliantly.
All our love to you
Jane, Guy, Sophie and Jamie
XXXX
May 15th, 2005 at 9:56 am
Hello Karen!
well what a day you had yesterday – are any of these doctors easy on the eye? If not check them out in Sunderland and if they are better can’t you arrange to stay there? Well it’s better you sussing them out first for me rather than me “getting a man out of the paper”!
Yesterday my big event was this web site, so I had a “cracking day” too. Yesterday was also my first day without a call from Jane so I reckon her and Tony have slunked off somewhere quiet…..!!! Let me know if she sounds/looks tired when you see her. Either that or she was at the hospital having fun with you lot.
All the Dennisons are thinking of you and as you can imagine the only thing Irene wants to do is give you a big hug, make you a cup of tea and feed you.
So listen while you are getting your hips and pelvis mended can you arrange to get your foot sorted so I don’t here “my heel spurs bloody killing me” any more. No sneeky tummy tucks or eye lifts while you are having the op – thats cheating.
I’m off to lunch at Phil’s, as you know I’ll be in no fit state after lunch. So this is my only message today – have a good trip to Sunderland – I suppose someone has to visit the place.
Get lots of rest before the op, sounds like you’ll be glad to be back on the morphine (whats John look like?). Tell Jane to give me a ring as she’ll never manage this blogging stuff unless Tony does it for her.
Lots of luv
Veronica X
May 15th, 2005 at 10:38 am
Thanks for the messages. kp will be lol’ing at these. Well, more likely we’ll get a big smile from her !!
May 15th, 2005 at 3:36 pm
Hi
I know I said the previous message was my last of the day, but just to confirm I’m at Phil’s and drinking lots of wine, raising too many glasses to you, so its all your fault. Anyway the last time Phil saw you, you were flat out pissed on my sofa, now you are flat out in Sunderland. Regarding your projectile volminiting I do remember you doing the same at Kings Cross tube station (sorry shouldn’t have told everyone) but we all know your digestive movements in any case – thanks to David. I remember Kings Cross – and you showing everyone the contents of the previous night, me trying to pretend I was a concerned passer-by, handing you a tissue, until the tube guy came along and I had to admit I knew you!
How was the journey? Hows John and the morphine? Is Jane looking tired?
The sun is shinning in Surrey, god knows what its like in Sunderland -that place makes the Boro look like a walk in the countryside.
Here’s to Tuesday
Luv Ronnie and Phil (he’s just broken the fridge)