Roberto
Matta.
It is
really pleasant having Richie's sister Aud visiting us, she arrived quite late
last night; it was really lovely to see again.
The dogs of
course got overexcited when the doorbell rang and they were even more excited
when Aud arrived at our apartment door.
We started
talking immediately and were having such good fun that we stayed up much later
than we meant to, all of us very tired but also extremely happy.
Richie gave
me my baclofen tablets with freshly pressed orange juice at 10.00; he also had
a delicious Pakistani honey mango for my breakfast.
Then he
massaged my right arm after which we started doing my arm exercises, I my left
arm Richie my right arm.
Followed by
my leg exercises as well as massage after which Richie hoisted me out of bed
and into the shower chair.
After a
lovely shower, I was dressed, perfumed and returned back to bed to await the
arrival of the rehabilitation clinic doctor and the wound nurse.
Milou, the
wound nurse brought Dr. Janneke Stolwijk for a second opinion, Richie rolled me
slightly to the left, so that they could get a good look at the wound.
Dr Stolwijk
decided that she would have to remove a piece of hard skin which was stopping
the wound healing, it took seconds but felt much longer.
Then Milou
and Janneke left again after 15 minutes, most of which was spent talking and
laughing, which really helped take my mind off what was happening.
Once they
were gone, Richie made some delicious celeriac soup with crispy croutons, which
was very good.
Aud brought
a selection of English cheeses for us, which we sampled, there was Shropshire Blue,
Double Gloucester, Wensleydale, Lakeland Cheddar Leicester all of them
extremely tasty.
Richie has
just got back from shopping and came straight in to tell me that he had bought
a whole hake; we will have fish, chips and peas for dinner this evening.
It was a
lovely being showered and dressed by 12.00 and back in bed ready to enjoy the
entire afternoon with Aud and Richie and of course the dogs.
Before I do
that I shall find a piece of artwork by Roberto Matta and post this on my blog,
then I can enjoy the rest of the day, which I'm looking forward to.
