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2008 - July 14th - Monday

JH received a reply to her email from Sarah who is pleased that JH was happy with the media coverage, as she knew JH had been ‘slightly anxious, as anyone would be’ (about getting into print).

JH called into Butterflies and Roses and sent an Orchid to Kathy and Ralph with the message ‘This orchid is going to last until your 100! With lots of love Jeanette’ [JH didn’t spot the missing apostrophe ‘you’re’ until returning home and reading receipt!]  In the evening JH sent an email to Kathy suggesting that she alert her neighbour - ‘who thought it was Christmas’ whilst K and R were staying with JH, because she took in so many packages for the Skinners - to receive the strange-shaped package, should they be out the following day.


 

2008 - July 16th - Wednesday

JH received a ‘thank you’ phone call from Kathy:  Kathy was phoning from her mobile, on her way back from another visit to the RLH; she told JH that JH was ‘naughty’ (but JH assumed that ‘but nice’ – as in the advert for fresh cream – remained unsaid); Kathy had had a dreadful day yesterday, and had spent the whole day in bed, so her neighbour had taken in the orchid when it was delivered (even though K had not read JH’s email) – that’s what a local ‘neighbourhood watch’ is for – after all; Kathy’s drain had received attention, and redressing at the Hospital, and Kathy was on another course of antibiotics; however, she still intended to live until she’s 100, of course.

2008 - July 21st - Monday

JH received a phone call from Ralph who explained that Kathy had been readmitted to Paulin Ward the previous day.   Kathy was in such pain on Saturday evening – which was the usual precursor to her having a urinary tract infection, and which she recognised as being over and above her usual osteoporotic aches and pains – that they phoned the RLH and were advised to go to the Hospital in the morning.  Ralph explained that, when the exit wound of the drain had been redressed earlier in the week, that the waterproof dressing (which Kathy had requested because she wished to be able to have a shower) had somehow ‘positioned’ the drain so that it bent upwards, with the consequence that Kathy kept catching it on her clothing when dressing, or going to the toilet.  Furthermore, the drain’s exit-wound appeared to be infected: Kathy was receiving – inevitably – another course of antibiotics; she had been admitted to Paulin Ward with a view to further decisions being made about the positioning of the drain. 

Kathy had been given a bed which was opposite a young lass whom she had met before: this lass had just been given a kidney by her brother – who had been most reluctant to give her a kidney a year ago, but who had had a change of heart (presumably after all the appropriate counselling, together with all their family members, and also following an interview with an Independent Assessor).  This happy train of events had cheered Kathy up to some extent, as Kathy is so aware of the advantages – especially to a younger person than herself – of receiving a transplanted kidney.

Ralph told JH that he would, hopefully, put in a brief appearance at the family picnic on Sunday himself (we both tacitly thought that it went without saying that Kathy would be unlikely to make it).



 
 
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