Tart!
Originally uploaded by S’mart.

@Tumble@; she’s a Tart

Well what a nice day 20 oC outside and damn sunny to…

As you can see I’ve swapped from my Latte to a Frap’ (strawberries and cream) – very refreshing.

Mum is progressing, is not slowly. She’s now drinking high protein drinks which she seems to be able to keep down.

I’m going to see her later; apparently her legs have swelled up due to water retention, an old problem.

It’s been a slow week. Went to see mum yesterday – she’s been moved to a regular ward and the difference was clear. Rather than seeing a doctors regularly, she was seen once a day if lucky. Nurse to pacient ratio changed from 1-1 to 1-6…

Her leg is slowly improving, but is still swollen and painful. I only wish she would eat more to keep her energy up, but a yoguat a day just isn’t enough.

Fingers crossed moving her to a regular ward was the right choice.

… i have nothing to say.

There is ahuge queue to get out of the hospital carpark, even the ambulances are having problems..

… wait for the wash and chop.

Well for those who don’t know, Mum was rushed to St. Georges on Thu as soon as I got home. She was fine in the morning but after lunch I was told she started shaking for 2hrs and her temp went up.

We called an ambulance and by 7pm she was in A&E. Shortly after she was moved to Resuscitation next door for close monitoring.

Around 3am she was moved to ICU where she had a dedicated nurse monitoring her, this continued through Fri and the weekend. During our 10hr stay at the hospital we had a number of those "chats" in a quiet room with doctors preparing us, her blood pressure was half of what it should be, very upsetting. Anyone knowing my mum knows she is a fighter, and she has now stabilised and a lot of the intrusive monitoring removed. She looks and acts a lot more normal than when we took her in.

The believe its pneumonia which isn’t good in normal person but when you have a damaged heart it works it even harder. Still they believe she is well enough to be moved to a regular ward on Monday.

…. Snow and blossom

With the snow almost gone, I ventured out to Kingston to do a bit of shopping.

Kingston is quite a young town (or is it classed as a city?) it’s more than likely due to the large university within walking distance from the centre. Like most towns in the UK it’s has a lot of character and history – it’s a lovely place and I wished I lived closer as I prefer it to Croydon or Sutton; but I guess it’s true the grass is always greener…