Day 55 – Wednesday 22nd June – Part One
Another good night’s sleep for kp. It seems they have really cracked the pain and sickness medication and kp is able to consistently get a good sleep. Obviously now I have said that, she’ll have a stinker tonight. We’ll see !
The nurses came in to turn kp at 4am. Sometimes she wakes up, sometimes she doesn’t. Last Night, she woke up and ended having a really long chat with the nurses which she enjoyed (1 hour apparently).
Just before I got in, someone had had a heart attack on the ward and all the staff were rushing around (according to kp). They managed to revive the patient who when revived said “There is no need to shout” to the nurse who was shouting “Can you hear me X ?”.
Apparently the gentleman is well-liked and 2 of the nurses involved came in to kp’s room to have a good cry when it was felt they may not revive him. kp offered them wet wipes.
kp has been on really good form today. If she doesn’t eat a big dinner, I will be having words with her again. She has eaten 1/2 piece of toast, bowl of rice crispies, bowl of soup and bun and half a chicken sandwich, so she really needs a big meal tonight. Sorry if this is too much detail, but if I don’t record it, I forget it, and some of this blog has been quite useful a few days later.
Marie and I took kp outside today for some fresh air. It was lovely weather with a cooling wind. While we were out there, she was complaining that her eyesight had deteriotated today, so Marie and I did some tests. I held my hand over her left eye, and asked her what could she see, and she said she couldn’t even see Marie. This was of great concern !!
When we went back up to the ward we did some more tests. Same thing, I put my hand over her left eye, and asked her how many fingers Marie was holding up. She didn’t know.
Then Marie realised that I had my hand over the wrong eye. DOH !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Her good eye is her left eye. The same tests with the hand over the right eye were fine !! 
Although kp did still feel that her eyesight wasn’t as good. For now, we have put this down to watching Wimbledon for 5+ hours yesterday !
Lots of laughs this morning as well, especially when we were doing the bed to bedchair maneuver. It takes 5 of us to get her from the bed to the bedchair. kp had a good belly laugh when it came to Marie trying to get her leg on the bed (with her short legs) to pull kp over. The longer-legged nurses make it look so simple.
kp is feeling more up to visitors at the moment (now the sickness and pain are under control). So if you would like to visit Karen, please contact Marie on 01642-284812 or 07961-346149 to arrange a date/time. Visiting is 2pm – 7.30pm. Work Colleagues who can’t make those hours can come at other times, as long as we let the staff know the day before.
June 22nd, 2005 at 11:15 pm
Oh God,
I’m such a shite blogger, sorry been holed up in Manchester, but just got back tonight (at 9.30) just switched on the computer, to blog – and JBfromboro calls i.e Jane Burns from Boro.
How excited was she, flying out to Bangcock (how do you spell it?) oh hell bells, I mean bloody Thailand (can spell that one). I can’t repeat most of the conversation (as she was so bleathless, wasn’t too sure if Tony was in the near versinity) but he wasn’t and it’s all to do with the fact that she’s flying out to Thailand on Saturday)
Crazy conversation as you can imagine:
jb – “Alexanda can’t find the key to the back door, do you know where it is”
vd – (laughing) “No Jane I don’t know where it is”
jb – “Oh who gives a shit, I’ll be with you Friday or Saturday, can you drop me off at Heathrow” and it went on and on, so the wonderful Tony had booked her a flight to join Norma and Phil – she’s so happy.
And guess what we are so happy for you, let no one say otherwise, but this is the real hard work for you now – unless you eat it’s going to be so much harder. As for seeing the tennis balls, I can’t see much on my portible TV, as you know.
When I was driving down the motorways tonight) the radio is great, so I would suggest at this point you have the TV (get exercising the eye) and the radio commentry to support it. Listening to Greg going out tonight on the radio was just as nerve recking as watching the TV. So my dear Wimbledon fan, you ain’t missing out on anything and I would not have it any other way. I listened to a program the other day all about the year (think it was 1977 please confirm) and it was just great, Vitas Geralitis (spelling ?) v. Borg – what a game – history, what more can we say.
And then Virginia in the same year goes and wins bloody Wimbledon. And guess what this is your Wimbledon, this is your YEAR!! Speak to you soon, as always, Lots of Love Veronica