Three Hours in My life.

James ready to go to the Hospital to have his fortnightly plaster change. At the beginning it was every week for a couple of months. Some times in the rain UGH!

The wheelchair follded ready to put in the back of the car

The chair in the car, some days it fits easy today it was hard to get it to fit, so I had to put the back seats down. Didnt think we would be leaving any time soon.

The dreaded parking meter, we just about own one of the wings as we have spent much money and many hours feeding this monster.

The Hospital wainting for us to enter, I stands there everyday waiting for people like us

James ready to go making sure his wallet is in his pocket

The lifts, we have already walked a distance , and have been to the Renal Unit to get weighted sitting in the wheelchair. James is weight I just push the thing.

In the lift waiting for take off , this is the view I have on our outings.
I like this shirt it says a lot . MMM mm is JAmes getting more grey ,

waiting room waiting.

the plaster room, where is happens , usually see the doctor in here , one day there were about 10 of them .

Getting the plaster cut off.

This hasnt seen the light of day for a few months

Off to 3rd floor for an xray on the left foot.

The view I have in the plaster room, James and the sink mmm

The view James has when he is having the plaster changed

the left leg in all its glory. This leg they are trying to save from collapsing. as the right leg has done. Maybe a month or two and we will have it out of plaster. Today we are off to have and

x-ray done as James has been having pain in his heel. Bad enough to wake him up at times.

This special stuff stops the plaster and gunk from causing pressure spots on the leg, so it wont go into ulcers and other nasties.

Rodney putting on the soft stuff to stop the plaster sticking
plaster is already on then we have the fibre glass for stength

waiting for the water to drip out so we can go home.

the new ramp will make our outings so much easier. when it is finished

young Wattle bird

Yesterday afternoon the wattle birds appeared again. They come back to around our house in about Sept /Oct . The Oldies tell me this is the right time to plant as they herald in the safe time to plant. They have been absent for a while , nesting. Yesterday I noticed one on the power wire, calling his shreyek-shreyek, to all the world I was so pleased to hear him back.

Then this morning outside the computer room is an apricot tree, with one apricot left on it . I could hear a young bird, begging for food, when I looked it was a wattle bird youngster, and a parent who was teaching it to eat the apricot. By flicking his long tongue into the sweet flesh.

I love the wattle birds.

Angels come to visit.

We had a sleep in this morning. Glorious. Life has been rather hectic. Next week will slow down somewhat. I was ready to do some ironing, my most unfavoured Job, when i heard a little voice come in the back door. Hanisi was her to visit. She is a very active intelligent girl all of 16 months old. She also bought her Mum and Dad and Baby Milly, who slept in our bed. So nice to have a wee angel in the house. Hanisi and I did some fun things. WE picked some butter beans , Hannis agrees with me they aren't so good raw , but I love them cooked. WE also hunted on the red plum tree for some ripe plums. I found one for her and she loved it so much she tried to put it all in her mouth.

She also had to try out the new ramp Grandpa has she ran up and down several times. Laughing and enjoying herself. This angel of ours never walks she runs all the time. Mum, Dad and Hanisi went to visit aunt Alice , we minded bub, who woke up and we got a cuddle , she was hungry, so we rang Mum to come and in the mean time she sucked furiously on Grandpa's finger.

He would have been such a good dad. He spent ages showing Hanisi Muppet's on U tube. She loves music.

It was sad they had to go we love having little people in the house.

Gee now I have to iron.

Thursday

WE have been having a very successful girls day. 2 Grand daughters to stay with Grandma. What fun they have had together playing girl stuff. Both have smaller brothers. So we have had fun. Made some pompoms. slept talked played with dolls. that was with each other. With grandma supplying the food ,treats, and cuddles.

Today we are seeing Big Al to talk about converting the car to hand controls so James can drive again. Yes I will like that. being the only driver is tiring to say the least.

We have also got the ramps in so soon James will independant. But we need some diggin done to get the cement laid to complete it . Any offers?

OUR KIDS

Thought I would share some of our 'kids ' pictures. I need to tell you I am not a cat person, until now. I found and fell in love with Rag doll Cats. They are inside cats and they cant look after them selves out side, not natural defenses. They are more like dogs than cats, they follow you, wait at the door for your return when you are out. Sit where ever you are and wait till you move. Smell anything new in the house, and can scare big Dalmatian dogs.

Bandit had a hair cut , and was so self conscious looked for new places to hide, the dishwasher being one. Sassy just had to smell it out to ,

We found Bandit, He was white when we first met him and now he is getting darker. He became the surrogate mother ( even though he is a neutered male) when Mango and Sassy came to stay.

He has some strange sleeping places!

Look out for some more of the kids. I am having trouble getting the pictures and writing to go where I want too. Sigh

What was missed

Hi , missing in the post.

James to be in a Crow boot for the rest of his life. Only to be taken off showering. BUT he wont need the wheel chair much then we hope. That will be good. Using a walker instead

He Sad cant drive the car, Me sad to all this driving get tiring.
He glad to be able to wash his leg Me glad he will be more in dependant
and foot.
He sad boot for rest of his life Me unsure of it all
He decided on deep purple for the Me he will get sick of that colour
colour of his boot.
He wants it all over Me too ( but it is our life now)


NEXT goal to get the left leg plaster off and it be OK.

After the hospital we went to Sam's block to see what he has been doing , It is starting to look like a house now. He and Ben were busy putting in a retaining wall. Until wives mothers and kids arrived to disrupt them. It was good to see though. Pleasure to a Mother and Grandma's heart.

Well you can tell I am new to this, miss the middle of the story Sigh