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.