Day 5 – there is such a thing as a bum shot – I do hope no one took one of mine

Day 6

I was given false hope I might have all my drips and drains out, but sadly no, I was able to have the drain taken out and so one less on my journey.

Last night was not a good one again, I know it is an age thing and I do not sleep very well anyway but I slept from 11-2 and then not much more perhaps an hour and it is wearing on me. I have dozed twice today, but it gets busy in hospital with checks, physios, nurses, baths, so much disturbance and now is really the first time I have had a kip and it is 4-5 so I hope that it sees me through Mark’s visit later.

Permission has been given to eat which is glorious but I worried as I have a gastric bypass and this has to be taken into consideration along with everything else, and it is not a speciality of this hospital. So I might have to do a bit more research myself of what my diet will be going home. If anyone knows an expert on this please let me know? They are saying high protein and high calorific food with potassium. But also icecream, jelly, sweetened protein shakes, none of which I could tolerate. Would have been the answer for a diet if I had only known. So last night I had jelly and ice cream which was too sugary for me.

This morning I asked for mashed banana and natural yogurt. I swear they bought me 500 gms of yogurt and 2 bananas, it was rather overwhelming I had ten small delicious mouthfuls. The yogurt was soothing though. It got better by lunch and I had a small consume, and a cup of tea and then a little ice cream as it is cold and my throat hurts with a nasal gastric tube down it. So it is hard to eat. This evening will be soup and an avocado which will be good for the potassium. Google is amazing how you can find out information immediately.

The nurse I have this afternoon and the physio do not let up and so I walked 80m which was a good thing to do. I can get out of bed unaided and walk ok, with a passing resemblance to a little old lady, these gowns are not good and I think more than once person has had a look at my bum!

Tomorrow I see my doctor and hopefully I will have the last of the drips removed. It is realistic that I will have to be able to master stairs and off morphine before I get home and get my diet sorted, so a few more days after tomorrow.

Tessa and Rowena came to see me today and it was lovely to catch with them and hear the news, that Rowena has been waiting for, that she has been given an interview for Glasgow School of Art. Sadly I wont be able to go, it will have to be her father who is her bag carrier (literally) how great to get such good news.

I am also looking at three wonderful bunches of flowers and they came from tulips from Tessa, a beautiful scented mixed bunch from Ginny and Mark and a dozen red roses from my dearly beloved. So blessed. My kitchen has looked amazing since I knew I had this thing, so thank you to all flower givers.