Spent a much better night although it was still difficult to find a comfortable sleeping position. Usual morning routine of bedbath and painkillers but I managed to shave myself which was refreshing. My two carers Emma and Maggie said they hoped that the physiotherapist would be coming round to assess my mobility (or otherwise). Presently two charming Irish colleagues appeared, armed with a zimmer frame and I managed to shuffle round my room which seemed to please them very much.
This took a bit much out of me and I was plonked down in a chair with a blanket over my knees to recover. I spent the rest of the afternoon alternately reading and dozing.
I visited Dad this evening (he had given this scrawled account to Mum earlier in the day and I have just typed it up). Since then he has struggled with his Codeine painkillers which he feels have made him vomit several times today. However, it may or may not be a coincidence that Mum and David are also suffering some sort of gastro bug. Nevertheless, I did manage to snap a shot of the patient in his majesty before I left:
Dad won't be allowed home until he is capable of travelling the stairs. We'll try to keep this site updated with daily entries on his progress.
He is in Ward 14 at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline:
Whitefield Road
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 0SU
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