Roberto
Matta.
Last night
we were both fast asleep when just after 03.00 the phone rang which ripped as
both out of our slumbers.
These days
it's not possible for me to get my arm out from under the cover and stretched
out in order to pick up the call.
The noise
of the phone ringing eventually stopped and we both tried to go back to sleep
just as we were dozing off the phone rang again.
This time
Richie answered and shouted leave us alone and replaced the receiver again, we
both tried to carry on sleeping.
Only to be
disturbed by a ring at our apartment door, which got the dogs barking, Richie
and the dogs rushed to our front door.
When Richie
got there he was greeted by two ambulance men, apparently my alarm had gone
off.
Something
neither of us had noticed because we were asleep, the ambulance crew took some
persuading that I was okay.
In fact
Richie had to yell at them and then they finally understood that we had not activated
the alarm, then they finally left.
It took us
both a long time to calm down and relax and even then it was a long time before
either of us could sleep again.
We wanted
an early night because somebody from RTD was coming around at 10.00 to install
the English as well as the German dictionaries on the Seetech computer.
On the phone
Rini, the engineer told us he would not be long, he ended up being here from
10.16 to 14.30, in which time he installed everything successfully.
He also
downloaded openoffice.org for me which has Word but sadly no e-mail program, it
would be great to find a free downloadable e-mail on the Internet.
While he
was here he reprogrammed the IPaq gadget because I could not activate the bed
so could not adjust my position.
He also
edited one of the numbers on the quick dialling page and he removed the control
box on my wheelchair for the electric arm, which I returned the.
No sooner
had Rini left but my lovely physiotherapist Mathilde arrived for our Thursday
appointment.
Not long
after she was gone Gareth and Paul came round to visit us one more time before
they leave tomorrow afternoon.
It has been
quite a day; I've never had so many phone calls as today or so many people
coming round.
It would
have been much pleasant had we both got a good night's sleep, I phoned Ata the
alarm providers, and explained what had happened and how often the alarm goes
off on its own.
I now have
an appointment for someone to come here next Tuesday to replace not just the
battery but also the box.
Once that
is done we shouldn't have any more incidents with the alarm going off on its
own like it did in the middle of the night.
