I had an exhausting day with Claire at the hospital yesterday. She was booked in for hip arthroscopy sugery for 1.00 pm with our arrival time at 1130. She was very nervous but was coping well during the wait. At 1:30 we were advised there was a delay . We sat around waiting for nearly 5 hours. The case prior to her was supposed to take 90 minutes but ended up taking nearly 4 hours!! I must admit I was pleased that I was not the mother of that young girl!!
I am pleased to say her surgery went very well and she is now home and able to mobilise reasonably comfortably.It is very interesting being on the receiving end of what I do for a career and the impact something like this has!
It is so hard sitting around for all that time trying to be encouraging,reassuring and supportive. I fell into bed exhausted when I got home at 8.30pm.
Busy morning today firstly picking Claire up from the hospital following her hip surgery. She is home and resting comfortably and the flaps in her hip joint(turns out there were 2) have been debrided (could not be repaired)so she should see a dramatic improvement both with locking of the hip and pain.
Then off to the airport to drop off Victoria who is travelling overseas to Hong kong / London/ Amsterdam /Thailand /Cambodia and Vietnam away 10 weeks!! I am very jealous of her adventure. She is travelling on her own for a large portion of the trip which worries me but she is a very seasoned traveller even so, its hard to remember this when you send your babies off!!
I have managed to clock up the exercise points this week which have been on the very low side or absent for the last 3 weeks. Hoping that it works in knocking off 700gms to bring up the 25kg bells and whistles in the weight tracker.
Weigh In Sunday so all fingers and toes are crossed I can pull it off...
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I'll be crossing my fingers and toes for your next weigh-in Liz!
ReplyDeleteHopefully that 700 gms is gone and dusted! If not, then there is always next week!
It's hard to send off our younger generation on their solo trips isn't it though now with the internet and Skype, it isn't too long before we hear from them!
All the very best! Gae oxox
Your daughter's hip problem sounds so painful! I hope it's hugely improved soon.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I understand the pain of having daughter's fly off and away from you. If she's backpacking she's bound to meet lots of people and have a great time. It is your job to worry, so go ahead!!
I hope your exercise pays off and you reach the 25kg milestone. I messed up badly this week, and enjoyed every bit of it!! Will do better next week for sure.
Last year Emily's flatmate cut his finger very badly at 2am. She took him to North Shore hospital. They looked at it and sent him to Middlemore for specialised surgery. Emily had him there by 6am. They sat until 7pm in the waiting room, then were told to go home and come back at 7am (and do NOT move that finger or the tendon till be completely severed!) Poor boy was ravenous and dehydrated because he was not allowed to eat or drink before the surgery. So, next morning they arrived at 7am for the first surgery of the day, but were delayed again until 3pm. Their sole 'entertainment' in that waiting room was Michael Jackson's funeral on TV. They were exhausted too!
Have a great week,
Deb