Freda with Mum in better times
Freda with Mum in better times

With Daniel going with friends to the Motor Show, I took Di and the girls firstly to pick up Freda from Stanton and then first to see Mum in the West Suffolk where the girls played with her and then on to see Dad at Addenbrookes, delivering him some more clothes. His medicines are reducing now the pain has moderated and he seemed comfortable and accepted the nursing home proposition. Freda then came home with us to see The Hayling View for the first time and a grown-up Daniel after a long while!

Today was a long day. We got up and, leaving Daniel behind to go with his friends to the motor show, I took Diana, Della and Debbie to drive and meet Freda at Stanton. We picked her up with their own suitcase and another full of clothes for Dad and then first went onto the West Suffolk hospital at Bury St Edmunds to see Mum. She was quite bright and enjoyed the visit. Della did some colouring of her puzzle book cover and Debbie showed her pony club magazines. After this, Freda and I sat with Mum on her own and reassured about Dad and the nursing home.

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Then the journey across to Addenbrookes, stopping off for lunch at a Happy Eater on the way.  He seemed better and was having his medicine reduced. He was already down from 40 mg to 30 mg of morphine twice a day and, whilst we were there, the nurse came in to say it was going down to 20 mg. We made sure that he was fully aware of our ideas on the nursing home and Freda talked to the nurses. Then we brought Freda home and she got to meet Daniel for the first time since he was much younger. Later, we sat up with her talking about the future care of Mum and Dad and the circumstances leading to their dilemma until to bed quite late 11pm. The girls were pleased to show Freda around The Hayling View as it was the first time that she had seen it!