Today we have spent the day at home making final preparations for our stay at Basingstoke. We have finalised the packing and prepared the house. Joyce arrived this afternoon and we got her settled ready for her stay with the girls.
Various people have been popping in and out throughout the day and calling us on the phone with wishes of good luck.
I also got myself ready by getting a hair cut and some grooming! I'm quite hairy so also tackled the chest hair as last time around the nurses had a nightmare when it came to ECG's as the sticky pads kept falling off! My meds are also packed. Unlike many people who stop taking the antibiotics after a year or so of loosing their spleen I have continued to take them and apparently this is a good thing considering what I face in the next few days.
We sat in the garden with the girls and had takeaway for tea and chatted away happily. Then tonight at the girls bed time reality hit home and there were a few tears from us all. We sat and hugged and reassured them that all will be OK and that we will be phoning them constantly and as soon as I'm able to receive visitors they can come visit. It is so hard, we will miss them dearly and I'm dreading saying goodbye again in the morning.
So this is my last post from home. If I can get an internet connection at Basingstoke then I'll post tomorrow and Monday. If not then I'll record a diary in the same way I did last time and update the posts retrospectively when I get home. So there may now be a break for a while until I get home again.........wish me luck......
Saturday, 11 August 2012
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