Day 37 - Back home...

Wednesday 30 June 2010

Darnit! Woken by Dr Dian and his entourage again!!! Thankfully he had a smaller group today.  Basically I will be seeing the specialist mid morning then wait to be discharged later in the afternoon. 

I’m feeling better.  Have taken my meds just waiting for it to settle.  I think I did too much tidying up in my little corner of the world because now I am aching.

The Hutt valley is looking cold this morning with grey clouds moving slowly over the valley.  Looks to be a wet day today.  I think Yan is a little sad that I’ll be going home today and that Sally may be moved to another room. 

I spent most of the day sleeping and being woken by the medical teams.   Argh! During my whole stay I tried to get up early to freshen up so that I don’t greet medical teams with morning breathe.

So the news was generally the same.  I am to take an increased dose of the longer lasting pain relief and continue with an additional two weeks of antibiotics.  I really need to rest once I get home.  It was crazy that just tidying up my area took a lot out of me.

Yan had a visitor with her today and Sally had a few members of her family visit her too.  It was nice to hear such a positive buzz in the room again.  Friends from church came in to see me with some lunch.  Good ‘ol KFC.  It's so funny.  You are truly a Pacific Islander when you visit someone in hospital with takeaways.  Sally thought it was amusing.  As we say it's the thought that counts.

Made the call to Dad to pick me up.  Received my discharge papers and then fell asleep again.  I awoke to Nia and Dad standing by my bed.  I enjoyed my naps all day today. 

I said goodbye to my roomys: Yanis and Sally.  I’m glad it was a quick goodbye because I was beginning to feel emotional.  These two helped me to feel better because we got to know each other, we laughed and joked.  It was an enjoyable stay.

I came back to mum and dad’s and tried to organise Nia for a bath but even that and trying to instruct her with what she would normally do after school took a lot out of me and I slept for nearly 2 hours.

Our girls were so excited to sleep at Ian and Del’s.  They were showered, dressed and in their jackets waiting for Uncle Ian to pick them up.

We ate dinner with Dan’s parents and Liz.  Now I am at home all cosey in the lounge with Daniel just resting and watching television.  I am glad to be home.  Tomorrow is the start of a new day and the start to really take care of myself, physically, mentally and spiritually!!!