Not too bad a night – didn’t need to ask for more water as I was asleep most of the night and only needed a few gulps. The clocks went forward, which was interesting! Morning sugars 7.6, so that was good. Had breakfast of porridge, toast and the treat of diabetic marmalade. I have changed my menu choice and ordered the boiled egg again, but not sure when that takes effect. We’ll see.
Washed (using the Sanex Sian had got me yesterday that gained the seal of approval from Sara-Jane, my day nurse!). Got up, and was toileted (a technical term!) with a result. Finished washing and dressing, then into chair. Not much happened. M wandered in at one point, said she was in pain and that she was going home. Luckily, she wandered back out again.
Pre lunch sugars 8.8 – this is looking good! Lunch was roast pork with roast potatoes and carrots, followed by a nice crispy apple. Once again, I was advised to lie back on the bed on my side to help with the pressure, so I did this and was watching the boat race coverage when Sian and Julio arrived. After a while, we decamped to the Grapevine, where we watched the men’s race on the big tv.
Back to the room, the J&S left. Waited for supper – sugars had shot up to 21.6 but I had already started eating supper, and I had had a biscuit with my afternoon tea. When it was meds time, the lates nurse asked what was going to happen to my meds when I got home (a discreet way of asking if I was sensible enough to do my own). I explained that pre NMO I was doing my own meds, but they had increased by an awful lot since I’d been in hospital. She suggested it might be a good idea if she went through them, explaining what they all were, which was which and that I recognise them. This was very interesting, because although I thought I knew which they all were, I had got a couple of them muddled up. She also said that I would be able to see any changes (for example sometimes they don’t have tablets of the right dose so you end up with more of a lower dose).
No soup for supper as they’d run out, so I had a turkey salad (with salt, pepper, sachet of mayo and sachet of salad cream) followed by cheese and biscuits.
Juli arrived back again, looking very tired. He brought some clean clothes for me, so we put them away. We decided that the day room was not an option as there were some people in there, but the lights were off and Juli doesn't like it very much, so we went and had our drink by the drinks machine, as Juli was telling me about all the tidying up he and Sian had done and he promised to be nice when the Occupational Therapist did her home visit on Wednesday. Sian had said that Mum and Dad had rung and said that they would like to visit again, probably with Brenda and Ivor. So we took a picture of the map of the hospital so that I could email it to Dad so that they could see where to park.
Came back to room, and had my bag emptied. Juli left and I was left on my own again. Man with no legs (must find out his name) wheeled past the door and popped his head in complaining about the quality of tv at the weekend and we chatted about the boat races and sinking. Then he wandered off again.
Rang Mum and Dad and had a nice chat.
So here we are again. Waiting to be put to bed, and more of the same tomorrow.
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