Home Again.

Wednesday (28th)  I went to the RAH as usual to spend the day with Annabell. I made my way to her room only to find  the bed stripped and her room empty. I asked where she was and was told that the  nurses had been trying to contact me to let me know what the RFDS had arranged a flight and Annabell was in the process of being flown back to Whyalla Hospital. The nurses didn’t have my information and Annabell could not remember my phone number.  Never mind, I just took the tram into the city, did some shopping and had a haircut, which I badly needed. As I said before the nurses here at the RAH have been wonderful and have really looked after Annabell and I am so very thankful to them for everything they did for her – and for me too.

Anyway, I came back to the Lodge and packed and  got everything ready to leave in the morning (Thursday 29th). On Wednesday I partly packed the car and had just about everything ready for a very early departure in the morning..  Set the alarm for 04:45 and by  05;30 I was on my way out of the city. The reason for the early departure is that  where the SA Cancer Lodge is situated is on one of the busiest roads in Adelaide and it starts to get busy early and – at certain times, particularly in the morning, is a designated clearway – in other words no parking or stopping or face a fine of $350. At

5am it is not a clearway so I parked, loaded the car and headed off.  Breakfast at Port Wakefield –  about 80 miles north. I  stopped for fuel at Port Pirie then headed to Whyalla and the hospital. I went there first before going home. I stayed with Annabell for about an hour then went home. Benji went gaga — but not completely because one of his peeepels was missing and he was not happy about that. Yes he made a fuss of me, but he kept going back to the door to look for Annabell.  Coming home from the hospital each time, he is still looking for her. I  don’t think he will be really happy until she comes home and all his peepels are together.

Annabell herself is doing  quite well but she will be in hospital for a while. There is to be a meeting regarding her treatment and where we progress from here. This will take place on Monday , 3rd July, so that should be interesting to see what is proposed. I have no idea just who will be involved and if or when she can come home after that. I do know that there are three avenues of concern, – the seizures, the cancer and her falling a  fair bit.   They would like an EEG done but the soonest we can have that done  is February of next year and I don’t think they can wait that long.

I have not been up to the hospital this morning because I was notified that a package which I am expecting was coming today. Also there  was piles of washing that needed to be done so I did all that – and tidied up. About 12(ish) I decided that I would go for a shower -yes you guessed it –  I had only just stepped into the shower when the doorbell rang and it was the  Postal Service with the package. LOL the odds of that happening — 100%.  Still it gives me something to tell Annabell and cheer her up a little.

Shortly after getting  dressed the phone rang. It was the hospital asking me to come to the hospital and collect  Annabell as she is being discharged. I was not at all impressed with this but Annabell was quite pleased. We went through the discharge procedure and with the help of a nurse and a wheelchair we got her to the car and  strapped in. I thanked the nurse got into the car and set off for

home. In the twenty minutes it took me to drive home she seemed to have deteriorated, and I struggled with getting her out of the car. By a stroke of fortune son John arrived and with his help we struggled to get her out of the car and into the wheelchair. If John had not arrived when he did, the ambulance people would be picking her up off the car-port floor because I would have to have called them. She slept for much of the afternoon.  I have the horrible feeling that this early discharge is not a good idea and that it will come back to bite us.  However, I do so hope I am wrong. Benji- on the other hand – was overjoyed to see her and made a fuss of her. Once John and I got her into her recliner, Benji did something he doesn’t usually do – he jumped up on her lap. He was happy that his peepel were all together again.