SLEEP!!! What is SLEEP???

I have now had 3 good days, not too much pain and yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh finally my bowels open!! you may think OFFS but that was a triumph believe me!

Went for a walk down to the main entrance, treating myself to an ice cream, making a few telephone calls. Standing in the wonderful sunshine, thinking, I will go home soon if this keeps up. Can't wait to sit in the garden soak up the sun ........ if we get some that is !!

Back on the ward I enjoyed another hour long soak in the bath. Both visiting times seemed to run into each other no sooner had Dave gone home he was back again, I did manage to get around 30 minutes rest.

Blood and urine test results came back showing the antibiotics were appropriate for the urine infection but the blood cultures showed nothing ??? What was going on? The mild urine infection would in no way have caused all that pain, no way and my wound was red and painful to touch, but no, the consultant insisted all was ok there and the clips could come out. Unfortunately because I still had a temperature I needed blood cultures to be done again L I was dreading it, my veins had had enough.

They called BAAZ up, he was a very handsome Greek registrar. We had been teasing the lady opposite when he came up to her the night before to get her bloods, she chatted him up like a young woman would, I am sure if we could see he was blushing but it did make us all laugh including him. The nursing staff say he is very used to it, they also confirmed he was not married, courting or gay !!!! WOW ..... he arrived with all smiles, very funny very charming very good bedside manner. Firstly we disagreed on my Warfarin dosage and I entered into a wager with this handsome man as to what my INR would be the next day due to the small dosage of meds given to me. We shook hands on a Tenner and he agreed to meet me half way with regards to my dosage. He then proceeded to attempt the blood taking, PERFECT........................ no pain no multiple attempts, he was brill.

Then staff nurse came to take out the clips L I am such a baby! Anyone who has had them would know that there was nothing to worry about, that it doesn't hurt...it didn't!

Again a walk down to main entrance to buy some pop from the shop is the highlight of the day!! but wow does it take it out of you. Sitting there after my escapade having been unable to eat tea earlier I was now getting a little hungry. I was fancying a kebab or donna meat n chips hmmm yes with garlic sauce salad and some chilli yessssssssssssssssssss.

That was Dave's task!! And true to style bless him, he did it and there we sat in the day room, feet up, watching TV and eating a take a way! Only thing that was missing was the wine or whiskey and with hind sight I would have had him get some! Was very nice not quite like being at home but was nice.

Back at my bedside barely chatting online to my best bud I decided maybe an early night was in order and prepared for my bed. Here started the night from hell!!

Poor woman opposite had deteriorated throughout the day but seemed to be getting worse tonight. Several Hi Po's, (low blood sugars) hundreds of loo visits and as the night progressed she deteriorated. Night staff were, dare I say, most uncompassionate and at one point I myself freshened her up and helped her to get into bed. Seemed like every time we dozed off we were awake again and the staff didn't seem to appreciate it was night time ? The night was truly dragging, please, please help her to sleep then we can too!

They told the lady to stay on her bed as they had put her on a commode earlier and she had done nothing, poor woman wasn't emptying her bladder properly so was getting the feeling she needed a wee constantly. She moaned and groaned for over 30 minutes, drove us all mad to the point that I was about to put her onto a commode myself, one member of staff actually told her she had a pad on so as not to worry grrrrrrrrrrrrrr this infuriates me it really does.

They finally put her on a commode and she had an enormous bowel movement !!! how did we know???? You just think about it J. After this performance she finally went quiet. All I could think was this poor woman was building up to this. Strange things happen to the elderly when they are constipated or have urine infections as we discovered this morning when she actually told the Indian doctor she couldn't understand a word she was saying and if she knew what was good for her she would go back to where ever she came from and learned some English! Lmfao we were all gobsmacked and the poor woman's daughter was so embarrassed. But bless her, this was her condition talking not her.

My day is planned. I was having breakfast then I will be going back to bed for a sleep as was the rest of the ladies in my ward .... hahaha who am I kidding ?

I ate my breakfast and popped to the loo .OH MY GOD!! HELP!! As I sat down onto the lav I discovered this pool of blood on the floor in my knickers and PJ bottoms, it was coming from my wound, was this my biggest fear that the wound had opened up?. I was padded up and await the wound to be inspected. I am now going to have a pee and try to catch up on some lost SLEEP!!