Well - where do I start - a nice trip to Papworth yesterday which is about 1 1/2 hours away from home, My dad took me as Suzanne needed to stay at home for Jack and Lucy, as Lucy needs to stay in her routine. Jack didn't want to go to school as he new something serious was up so we didn't presurise him in going, but scouts was different, we could never keep him away from that, even if there was only a few hours of earth time left.
So a simple check up at the hospital turned in to something you may read in my mate Marks blog. They were ready to take me in an hour early, great i thought, thats home an hour earlier as well.....oh no. There I am laying on the table surround by all these plasma screens, i think i counted 12 while trying to calm my nerves, and then i get the saying "just a scratch" while they inject my leg with a local before slicing in to my artery. They give it a few mins and then i FEEL the slice and i tell them "I FELT THAT" so they quickly fill me up with a bit more anesthetic, I then start to feel this shoving sensation in my leg nothing bad at all - so there i am thinking this is nothing at all and will be home with the the wife and kids in no time. Well thats all i can tell you about that, then next thing i know I am waking up with tubes and pipes in my arms and hands, a mask over my mouth and nose and feel like "CRAP" - apparently my heart didn't like this and as windows says "system is shutting down", I look down to my chest expecting something bad but no all looked ok so the 30 min job took a couple of hours - good job i went in early. I get back to the ward and the nurse comes over to me and says "ooh they are nasty burns" so I look down and i have a large rectangular burn on my chest and my left side where they had to shock me to kick start the system again - just my luck - but i will say all i can remember is a a split second of silent darkness, I can safley say FROM EXPERIENCE - there is no white light or anything like that to head towards, when its over its over.
So after all that they still send me home at 7.30pm that night lol bloody NHS.
So it is saturday today and Lucy if course is off school. Well she can see that I am not at my best so she just wants to love me, sit on me and smother me, it is not her fault but she just can't understand i have a slash in my leg and bruise like I have just taken up american football. SO good old nanny and grandad with the shop have taken her for the night again. It is now 11.40pm while im typing this the day after my heart stopped working and im on the John Smiths already just to calm my nerves, I have had to have Owl vision today looking out for where she is coming next.
Jack has been a complete hero today, he has even had it in his mind that he is in control of the laundry today, bless him - if there was a badge at scouts for mr considerate and helpfull he has earnt this 6 times over today.
Thursday night before yesterdays little drama, I went to a meeting at Lucys school, I am now the official scretary of the Friends of Hall School, this is a group of parents who get involved with fundrasing for the school and I am looking forward to getting really stuck in with this as they do such a fantastic job with all the children there, any parent that has a child there should do something for them.
As for tomorrow Lucy isn't coming home till the evening so it will be a day of rest and relaxation as it is still a bit tricky to walk and i ache in all sorts of funny places, the only plus side is I am not allowed to lift or run around for a while yet so at last i get to sit on my backside and do nothing for a while.
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See, now, when it comes to health you are much unluckier than me. But, when it comes to sewage, I'm unluckier than you!
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