DAY 102

A better day at last. It started off very well when the man at the garage who was fixing my tyre had had the sense to change the time on the parking disc so that I didn't get a parking ticket and he had fixed the car. When we got to the hospital having decided not to have a day off, David was sitting up in the chair but looking very dozy. He said he had just woken up. The staff had told him he was definitely going to theatre to have the central line inserted so that he could get some nutrition but he was not sure when it would be. They came for him at 2pm and he came back at 3.45. He had to lie flat for a while before they could move him. The central line had been inserted in his arm and was directed across the top of his heart and below where the leak in the oesophagus to avoid seepage. I was a bit curious about the leak being so high up because I had thought that that they would not be taking away so much of the oesophagus. David said they had told him that they had needed to take away more than they had anticipated. The had also taken away the oxygen mask and he was managing fine, only getting breathless when he talked too much. He still has a bit to contend with because they had taken away the catheter and still had wires everywhere but all in all in a much better state than he had been for a while, even his colour was now more normal.
Andrea had been to Uni and she called in to visit on her way home. As we felt we had something to celebrate Andrea, Kath (my friend from Guisborough) and I decided to go for a meal in Southampton before going home. We went to a love Italian restaurant, had a lovely meal, reminisced and had a really good belly laugh. I make no apologies for this. After getting home I dozed off in the chair, then decided I should go to bed, hence no blog last night. Still better late than never.
Looking forward to good things today.
PS I apoligise for the double entry on the previous blog but at the time og posting it I was too tired to work out how to edit the error out. Shame on me!