The Lishman Journal – Day 13

And so starts a new week.  A quiet(ish) Sunday was spent dreaming of white sandy beaches, warm tropical sunshine and swimming in tranquil clear blue oceans……………..trying to ignore the jets of those just returning from those climes.

We have a few new faces on the unit now.  2 or 3 seem to be room-bound but a very pleasant young mother in her late 20s joined us this afternoon.  Her poor, worried husband went off during our dinner and bought her a huge bouquet of flowers that I can now smell all down the corridor………such a wonderful fragrance for us and a stunning reminder of his love for her.

Whilst many of the others had their “ward round” today, where their consultant and other medical team all get together and talk through progress (or lack of), concerns and questions, I have still to start the true schedule, so roamed around the corridors getting in people’s way and cadging cups of tea every so often.

My new (second hand) ward wheelchair which was delivered on Friday, whilst much easier to manoeuvre than the temporary one, also reeks of damp.  Think it must have been stored somewhere unventilated and suffered the musty, dank and ever present whiff of mould.  L  However it is chrome plated and so sparkles in the occasional sunlight. J

Been an iffy day for me seizure and speech wise.  I’m finding I run out of puff every couple of hours and start wading through the treacle again as the fog thickens in my brain.  It’s time then to head for bed and a 30 minute power nap.  The world becomes much clearer again afterwards and I can head off either for another cuppa, or a meal.  They both seem to come around so often I really don’t see when I’ll have TIME to undergo any treatment sessions!!!! J

I now have to admit a slight indiscretion………………my afternoon siesta was so disrupted by the slamming of doors that I just had to get up, write a couple of polite request notices and selotape them to the doors!   We now have a wager as to how long they will remain up! No bets on whether they are effective of course, the answer being obviously NO from the get-go, but it made ME feel better J

Oh yes! Francis and I managed to get the Wii working in the Conference room!  After 2 hours faffing around learning how to turn it on and connect the remotes, after 10 minutes 10-pin bowling we both were summonsed to supper, however he went with a migraine and I felt nauseous so there is a distinct possibility we are both sensitive to the TV screen and won’t be doing much more gaming!  (I’ll admit I did try a little Wakeboarding at the Resort later in the evening, but had a seizure and thought better of drowning in the sea so switched off, packed away and headed for bed).

And now supper is once again beckoning.  I do hope everyone in the real world outside are well and not having too many symptomatic issues.

Bye for now XX