Last night one of our German Shepherds, had diarrhoea. A fact everyone probably wanted to know. On Wednesday, we had new carpets fitted (for Karen’s homecoming). You can probably see where this is going. I wrote the blog up last night and went into the living room to be greeted by a trail of poo going 360′ around our dining room table. Thanks Bonnie !

At the time I was livid. It took me about 30 minutes to get it all up and the stain out of the new carpet. Mum is bringing the Vanish today to get it as new.

So, why am I writing this in the blog ? Well, after my annoyance last night, I took a video of it for Karen’s amusement. It was one of the first things we did this morning. Well, Karen couldn’t believe it. Seeing a trail of poo in a near oval is different to hearing about it. The skill of Bonnie being able to walk around the dining room table a full 360′ whilst busy doing other things is “commendable” (probably the wrong word).

It amused Karen.

After this, we did the bath thing at a leisurely pace and then the Sister and Nurse came to do kp’s dressing. The Sister had been away and hadn’t seen kp’s wound for a while and was pleased with the improvement. Apparently it has overgranulated and she gave a cracking analogy of fairy cakes to describe what it meant. It was a bit over my head, but kp got it first time.

This Sister had once said to Karen that she would be sharing a Xmas cracker with her. Karen is like an elephant, she never forgets anything.

kp:- Do you think I will still be sharing a Xmas cracker with you ?
Sister :- No, I think you will be at home by Xmas.

kp was well pleased. In typical kp fashion she pursued this issue further. She was basically trying to get a date and time to book the taxi to go home. The nearest to this she could get from the Sister was end of October, beginning of November.

kp then asked about home visits. Basically, as soon as Karen can sit for 4 hours without being in pain, she can visit home for a couple of hours. This is all good for karen, ‘cos it gives her things to aim for.

Marie arrived for the afternoon shift. Mum and Dad are visiting later on.

kp slept most of the afternoon leaving Marie in crossword land.

When I arrived (4.45pm), she stayed asleep. Mum and Dad arrived (4.55pm), she stayed asleep. It wasn’t until one of the funny nurses came in and started making us all laugh that kp woke up with a big smile on her face.

She was in good spirit for the evening and enjoyed all mum and dad’s banter. They left to cook my tea and kp and I had a little chat before kp got tired. She was soon firing Zzzzzzzzzzz’s.