Stella is at home

It crosses my mind that, as far as you are concerned, Stella went into hospital last week and promptly disappeared, never to be seen again.

You will be pleased to hear that she has not been lingering indefinitely in the hospital. Lindsey managed to spring her last Monday. This was rather complicated by Stella having woken up on Monday morning to find that her cannula had come out overnight. She is on a blood thinner so her blood doesn't clot well.  This is excellent when it prevents her getting blood clots in her legs or brain or heart. Less desirable when it prevents escaping blood from clotting. She said her hospital room looked like a crime scene. Blood everywhere!

Fortunately, she didn't need a blood transfusion. All of her medical specialists agreed that she should go home. The nurses were persuaded that it shouldn't take 3 or 4 hours for her to be discharged. And she was Home in Time for Tea.

And there she remains. She seems to be in good form and to be managing ok on her own, with her carers calling each day and various other people popping in and out.

Jim had his annual health assessment on Thursday. He is to see a geriatrician next year and has to have a number of tests before then. He's had his blood tests - we haven't heard from his GP so I assume they were within acceptable limits. He has a CT scan of his brain on Monday and then we wait until April for him to see the geriatrician. Apart from having put on a bit of weight this year he seems to be in quite good health. We will aim for him to have lost a bit of weight by next December when his next assessment is due.

Apart from that, things are trundling along in an unremarkable way. Always good when there is nothing particularly startling happening.