Home from the Hospital.

Thursday 11 June.

 

The lights went on just after 4 am and they came round to take blood pressure and temperature measurements. Even though they had given me a sleeping pill last night I was now wide awake. I got my book and sat up in the bed and read. They gave me a cup of tea about 6 am and I continued reading my book. I was feeling quite good and there wasn't any real pain in my ear just an annoyance from the packing that the doctor must have stuffed in to stop any bleeding.

 

Moira arrived at 8 am and shortly after that Dr Viljoen did her rounds. She was happy enough with my condition and said that I could go home after breakfast. I am to see her again next Wednesday when she would take the packing out of my ear, in the meantime I was to keep it dry and use a Press Stick plug when i showered, like we used to do when swimming to stop water getting into our ears. She made out a prescription for an antibiotic snd some pain killers, also ear drops for use later when the wound has healed. The nurse then came and removed the drip then at last breakfast arrived. It was muesli which was OK but the hamburger and egg were overcooked. Moira collected the medicines from the pharmacy at the hospital and we were then on our way home.

I was feeling not too bad when I got home but in no way ready to do anything energetic. I sat in the chair most of the day reading, doing the crossword and listening to the radio. I had to go outside a couple of times to empty some bags that Moira was going through and thought might have rats. One did have three little mice that were reluctant to leave the comfort of the warm clothing where they had built their nest but I chased them away.

 

I managed to eat a sandwich for lunch but for dinner Moira had made a chicken and mushroom pasta that I only managed a couple of mouthfuls. I wasn't feeling very good and decided to go to bed. I read for about half an hour then tried to go to sleep but couldn't. I sat up again and read for a couple of hours. Moira had come to bed early, she still wasn't feeling very well; she had managed to get an appointment with the doctor in the afternoon and he gave her more antibiotics. About 9 pm I put out the light and tried to get to sleep again but just lay quietly without dropping off. I struggled until about mid-night without getting over and then decided to get up snd sit through in the lounge to read my book. I was there until about 3 am when I finished the book and returned to bed. I didn't sleep very soundly but I think I did manage to get a couple of hours shut eye

 

 

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