Can't take much more.....

         Went to visit dad tonight. The hospital have given him celery soup to eat then sent him to a different ward for the weekend and after twenty minutes of being there (and us arriving for visiting) he was being sick. He has not swallowed food of any sort for over 6 weeks (fed through peg) because he struggles to swallow. He should be supervised if he tries to eat or drink as there is a risk of food/drink going to his lungs. So they feed him, he's sick and now he has liquid in his right lung (pulmonary aspiration). He is on intravenous antibiotics and if he doesn't respond quickly he will have a 50/50 chance of surviving. So much for saying he was well enough to be sent home!!!  All we can do is wait and hope for better news tomorrow.

                                        Tracy  x
    
    

Lack of communication ......

        This was between the hospital and our local district nurse. So instead of dad going into the hospice for respite care until back on his feet he was discharged from the hospital and sent home (Wednesday afternoon). Mum is still struggling to walk and was left with dad to look after, put his medicines through the peg (tube in his stomach), and connect his feed up with the district nurse coming once a day in the morning to do the early meds and a carer to help dress him. Well mum was up most of the night with dad coughing and nearly chocking (lots of sputum due to radiotherapy). Yesterday morning the district nurse came did dads meds and helped him to his chair as dad felt faint and unstable walking. District nurse then came back at lunch to do his meds again and brought a doctor to check on dad. The doctor said he had been discharged to soon and sent for an ambulance to re-admit him into hospital. So last night we were at a&e until 10:00 pm when they admitted dad onto a ward. So now we're back to square one trying to get him respite care.
      
        On the up side of things I have Rosie again for the day, her smile always cheers me up no matter how tired or down hearted I feel. So today will be spent catching up on chores, playing games with Rosie and visiting again. Hopefully I will get some more seed planting and tidying the garden done over the weekend (fingers crossed) and visiting dad.

                                             Tracy  x

At last.....

At last my first seeds are growing, 1 tomato seed and lots of beans. just need the weather to warm up again to get more things planted. Got the washing almost done, its outside drying and fingers crossed it stays on the line as its blowing a gale out there. Got grandaughter  Rosie here today with her mum. Rosie will be staying tonight when mum goes home after tea. I get to have all the cuddles and smiles to my self, she is such a lovely baby. Must get lunch now whilst Rosie has her nap.
          
                                             Tracy x

Time to catch up

      Ok, its been a long time since I last blogged. Too much time spent helping and visiting others not enough time to write. My grandaughter Rosie is 9 months old now and a pleasure to have stay as often as mum will allow. This has to be around visiting my dad in hospital ( he's had radiotherapy for his cancer)  and taking my mum for physiotherapy for a trapped nerve, she's use to walking at least 8 miles+ most days and now can't walk more than a few yards because of the pain. So when we visit my dad we have to take her in a wheelchair. Dad needs 24hr care at the moment until he recovers more from his treatment so will need to go to a hospice for respite care to get stronger. Hopefully by then mum will be back to normal and able to cope (with our support) with looking after him. So it looks like we will be visiting for a while to come. This means long days for OH as he works all day until 5pm then we go visiting mostly not eating until 9/9:30pm. So I seem to be trying to do the house and garden in dribs and drabs when I can.
     The veg patch has been prepared and so far have got the following in the ground
  * Red onion sets
  * Garlic
  * Spring Onions
  * Radishes
  * Peas
 Also the canes are up for the runner beans and french beans. These are planted in trays indoors along with all the tomato seeds, sweet peppers, chilli peppers, courgettes and some herbs. I still need to get some salad leaves in. It rained overnight here so that saves me having to water the veg patch. It means drying the washing indoors though as everywhere outside is still wet and it looks like we have more to come, well the garden needs it as this month has been quite dry. Well must go and sort the cleaning, ironing and dinner to get ready for the kids to cook while we are at the hospital. Hope to blog more regularly as time permits.
                                        
                                                Tracy x

New arrival!

Well what can i say Rosie Louise arrived by C-section on Wednesday 30th of June 2010. She was born at 1:59pm and weighed in at 7lbs 15oz. She is beautiful and a real cutie. Mum and baby are doing well and mum is already up and walking around feeling only a little bit sore. So with hospital visits and sorting things out ready for them coming out of hospital, hopefully on saturday, not much will get done in the garden. Well its raining anyway so that means I dont have to worry about watering the plants.

Going to be a gran! baby due on 2nd of july.

Need to get digging and planting......

Need to get started in the veg garden but had keyhole surgery on my knee 3 weeks ago and still not back to full fitness so will have to just start planting seeds inside. Hopefully will convince dh or ds's to help with digging until back to normal. Still getting heavy frosts here so can't get to much done outside yet. Roll on summer!