The best day so far

I got a phonecall at 9am from kp.

kp:- Guess where I have been all night ?
dp:- Where ?
kp:- Fast Asleep

Karen had had, for the first time, a good night’s sleep. I think it was a combination of the pain relief patch and an exhausting day yesterday. She said the nurses had told her this morning that every time they checked in on her on the night, she was asleep.

Her good night’s sleep was obvious when I went in at 12.30pm. She was full of life and had just finished a physio session without too much discomfort.

Jane is a 1950′s film star
Jane visited this afternoon and had us all in stitches. Karen was holding her belly like I have never seen before. If she had still had stitches and staples in, they would have surely popped out.

She was doing impressions of 1950′s film stars, with their posh accents, terms like “Scamp and Ginger the dog” and her impression of a war-time tailgunner. Don’t ask.

Cards, Cards & More Cards
Karen has probably 70+ “Get Well” cards on one wall and pictures of family/friends on the other wall. The nurses are forever commenting on how many cards she has. Today it was the turn of some visitors who were passing kp’s room. They went past, did a double-take and came back and said something like “Someone’s popular”. They then went to get other family members to have a look.

Thanks everyone for sending them.

I only stayed a couple of hours and left Marie, Yvonne and Jane looking after kp. As I was left, she was getting all her wounds redressed.

Today, Marie has done the morning shift, Yvonne is doing the afternoon and I am back on the evening shift. Jane is performing her role as transport/entertainment manager.

Thanks all of you !

dp