Slow times

Ang and I stopped up New Year’s Eve and saw the New Year in. After midnight I rang Mum and somehow got connected to Jane who had just rang Mum so wished her happy new year and then rang Mum. Martine came over New Year’s Day and stayed the night. Ang went back to the Doctors about a week ago and got more painkillers. She’s been having a Build Up every day for a few weeks but isn’t eating very well. Three days ago she went on a binge for two days. There have been lots of swans down at the backwaters lately but the weather has been grey for ages now and it’s depressing.

Hospital

Weather been cold and wet for a while so not managed many walks with the dogs. On the 26th Ang collapsed and had a fit. I rang NHS direct who advised she went to casualty. Had to call an ambulance as I couldn’t leave the dogs. She got admitted and stayed in til the evening of the 29th. Martine came over on the 27th and I managed to get in and visit while Martine dog sat. Ang is eating since she came home and been prescribed vitamin supplements. She’s in a lot of pain from her back where she fell when she fitted. She’s got painkillers for it and I’m making her a hot water bottle when she wants to put on it which helps she says. There were loads of swans at the backwaters on the 28th but the fields are really soaked at the minute from all the rain. Today I managed 3 walks. Once behind the railway track, one long one around the fields and alongside the hill at the backwaters and finally down to ham common. It’s a cold wind today but at least no rain. Hopefully nothing else will go wrong this year.

Getting better

Ang is feeling better today. She saw her own doctor last week and he prescribed morphine, inhalers and antibiotics for her. Finally today she has gone most of the day without morphine. She slept last night as well for the first night. She’s been waking up every few hours up til last night. I managed to slip over on the ice yesterday. Buster was barking at someone and pulling and he managed to pull me over. I hurt both hands and my right elbow. Luckily it was nothing major. Dogs are hardly getting any walks lately because of the weather. Rain and hail today so only managed one walk but not until nearly 3. Dogs are getting fed up and asking to play ball all the time.

Winter butterfly

Went to hospital for an appointment last Wednesday and on the way to the train station I got bombarded by a red admiral butterfly. Totally amazed that one was still around but it was an almost spring like day. Weather has changed quite a bit since then. Ang had to get a doc out Sunday as her breathing was so bad and I had to take a prescription to Asda in Poole. Chemist messed up Ang’s repeat prescription today and we only just managed to get the doctor to write her one in time before the chemist shut. I’m suffering from a really horrible cold at the minute. My eyes are streaming as well as my nose. Not nice.

Tomorrow

Ang been drinking heavy since her vodka. She got a litre bottle after the first bottle so it’s been a bad week for her. Yesterday she took two lots of medication during the day and was in a right state after the second lot on the evening. She fell over in the bathroom and banged her head on the sewage pipe under the sink. After I got her up she fell against the corner of the bed and hurt her back. I got up this morning and she went back to bed. When I got back this morning from the first walk she got up and she’d got a black eye. She says today that she can’t go on like this and is not going to drink after today. I don’t know if she’ll do it but she’ll really hurt herself soon if she doesn’t stop. God knows what state her liver is in. She’s so thin from not eating as well. I’m supposed to give up smoking if she gives up booze. I’ve got patches so roll on tomorrow.

An evening out

Ang and I went to the Gurkha restaurant on Poole quay on Thursday with Helen and Graham. Lee came over and dog sat for us and we caught the train to Poole at 6.36. It was raining when we got to Poole so we took a taxi. The taxi driver put us off going by saying she hadn’t heard any good reviews about the place. We were early so went in and got a table and a drink each. I had a sweet and salty mango lasey and Ang had a mineral water. Helen rang at 7 and said they were just parking. There were only a couple of other tables occupied so it was quite quiet. We decided to start eating so went up and helped ourselves. There was a really good selection and Graham and I started off with chicken and sweetcorn soup. Afterwards I had two plates full of various dishes including a to die for Nepalese chicken curry. Everyone else went back for seconds and had a slice of gateaux and cream to finish off with. Finally Ang had a French coffee, I had an Irish coffee, Graham had a coffee and Helen had a cup of tea. Everyone was well happy and we called for the bill. To our surprise a round of complimentary drinks was brought to us. Baileys for the ladies and whiskey for Graham and me. Helen offered to drop us home so we went to the car park and another bonus was there was no charge for parking the car. We phoned Lee to let him know we’d be back in 20 minutes and got home about ten to 9. Helen and Graham didn’t come in and the first job I had to do was get the dogs out for a wee and get them fed. They had been really good for Lee and he had a coffee and then went on.
When we got back we told Lee about it and said we’d recommend it to anyone.
Saturday Ang went over to see Martine. I had a quiet day and got the dogs out for two walks. I took them behind the railway track to keep them clean for a day. The third walk was rained off. Ang got a bottle of vodka today and got really tearful after half of it. She then took her medication and fell asleep on my sofa.

Repairs

The heating and hot water packed up last night so had to cancel meeting Jane in Poole so could wait in for engineer to arrive. I got dogs out for first walk after reporting heating and bathroom sink being blocked to the council. Shortly after I got back heating engineer arrived and sorted it out in about 10 minutes. I tried to get dogs out for their second walk about 12 and Dainty was limping on her back right leg. I tried her 3 more times every half hour before we managed to get down to the backwaters about 2.30. Hopefully she’s just having a bad day today and she’ll be better tomorrow. Ang is not good at the minute because she was up 3 times in the night. Hopefully she’ll be better tomorrow. The drain bloke arrived in the afternoon and sorted it out in about 20 minutes. I wasn’t expecting him to arrive for a few days.