Out of Sorts
Karen slept a lot of the afternoon. She was a bit out of sorts and the best place to be was asleep, not Wimbledon.

Physio
The physio came round, but didn’t want to disturb her beauty sleep. The physio session went fine when he returned later in the afternoon.

Food
Marie had persuaded kp to have some snacks on the afternoon. They probably made up for small breakfast/lunch portions. I would have liked to see her polish off a full evening meal. She had a full bowl of soup and 1/4 of a portion of mince and dumplings.

Tomorrow lunch is Fish and Chips so she should polish that off.

New Bed
kp is excited that she is getting a new bed (another one). The current one is a gel bed that forms to your body, but it has allowed a body sore to appear on her rump where one of the fixators was. The next bed is like the one she had in Intensive Care. It pumps air to different parts so it is effectively always support her in different places.

Visitors
Eileen and Tommy (our neighbours) visited this evening. kp had a really good chat with them and it seemed to be the best bit of her day. Eileen and Tommy have been very kind to kp and I over the years, and especially helpful to me while kp has been out of action. Eileen has been letting the dogs out for us frequently during the worst times of kp’s battle and more recently inviting me for Sunday lunch. Thanks Eileen/Tommy !!!

Thanks
I should take a moment to thank everyone for all their support. People have helped in so many different ways, from

• the cards they have sent Karen (103 in total, hey I get bored !)
• the presents they have brought
• the time they have given
• for reading the blog and posting comments to encourage kp
• for keeping kp amused
• for caring for kp

I am so very grateful to everyone who has done any of the above. kp has such a positive attitude at the moment and I feel sure part of it is down to the wonderful support she has received !

My best mate and his wife invited me to their barbecue tonight. Nigel promised me a scabby sausage. We laughed. I attended. But that’s what was served alright !!

All joking aside, thanks Nige and Terry

It was lovely

dp