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Nurse Michelle Howard arrives and is a godsend to look after Della as first Diana and then Debbie fall ill with a tummy bug and I manage the household to keep them apart from Della as we could do without that complication as she already struggles to use a bedpan
I was woken by Debbie this morning who brought news that Diana had fallen ill overnight with sickness and diarrhoea which she thought was gastro-enteritis that she had caught from the young children of Holly Ward. I got showered and dressed and then saw Debbie off to school before settling down to my breakfast. I got her to take a letter in to the Prep to say that Della was home. Della had just woken up and was in a bit of a bad mood and did not want to join me until I had finished but then she perked up and I helped her use the bed pan before she got into the wheelchair so that I could take her through to the kitchen for something to eat.
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Della comes home from hospital after a fuss over the loan of a wheelchair and she settles in and we stopped at the Happy Eater at Croxton and had a late lunch, and we were pleased to see Della eating well again.
Della’s moods change from complete happiness and serenity at best to black depression at times, but she ended up playing well with Debbie. Diana was very tired and went to bed whilst I sat up reading in the lounge until Della had gone to sleep.
We approached today with a great deal of trepidation and with little indication of what to expect. Diana was first up and made morning drinks for Debbie and I and then I got ready as I had to give Debbie a lift to the bus stop as Di had gone to the hospital. Although Della was upset last night at being left by Diana, she had slept well and was quite happy this morning. I completed some small aspects of work and then made my own way to the hospital, meeting the duo in the cafeteria before I went for my own appointment to the "fitting area" for the technician to take some measurements for making surgical insoles.
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This was the last full day away for Della as she toured the quiet hospital on her wheelchair. I had taken Debbie to her horse-riding and shared hospital duties with Diana and The Laws so that I could rest, and Di could prepare a bedroom for Della’s homecoming. The struggle between Serbs and Croats in Yugoslavia continues unabated.
I had slept in until nearly 9.00am this morning and felt quite groggy with this intoxication of caught-up sleep and rest. It was Debbie that woke me, worried about her horse-racing, as Diana had already gone to the hospital to see Della. Debbie had grilled a couple of crumpets for me, and I accepted one of them and then got washed and dressed before taking her to Staughton. I then came back and fried myself a full English Breakfast and packed away the dishes afterwards into the dishwasher.
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A day that ended better for Della after she had earlier been bad-tempered and expressed herself unhappy with us visiting her which made Debbie cry as she had missed her horse-riding to go. I then spent the afternoon at the hospital noticing Della's behaviour improving all the time.
We then left Diana in charge and had a welcome couple of hours rest where the only work was to type up my journal and a letter to the BNA confirming the acceptance of Nurse Michelle Howard from Eaton Socon as Della’s home nurse.
I was tired this morning when Diana brought me my morning tea and then slow to get up for breakfast and dressed thereafter. Once Diana and Debbie had gone, it took me some time to get through my chores which these days include the gardening ones but also the clearing up of the breakfast things and kitchen. Today was milder and sunnier than of late but I was still suffering from breathing difficulties. It may still be my cold or even the nose injury that I sustained in Scotland but, either way, it makes eating very difficult and exhausting and my mouth dry.
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