Paper Flower Craft

 I don't get to do this very often, not sure if it is because work is just so busy that by the time I get home, I am too tired, or whether I just haven't had the inclination to want to do this craft.

Since moving back to the family home, life has been difficult. With taking 3 months stress leave last year and then a trip away, a family holiday and the chaos when I did go back to work, because we were still very much short staffed and there was so much to achieve, that I just never got my head engaged to get my craft room (aka oldest son's bedroom after he moved out in May 2024) sorted.

It is slowly now coming together, even though I did get the shelves in situ a few months ago. I still have a lot of work to do to finish unpacking boxes of items and also, I keep changing my mind about where things will live, you know, the usual thing, that you put something somewhere and then a few weeks/months later, you change your mind and rearrange everything!

Sadly, last week my youngest son's girlfriend lost her grandfather suddenly and I wanted to make something for her. So, I looked through the craft items I have got out and put on the shelves and decided to make her a small bunch of flowers. I knew she would appreciate the thought.

They turned out really well and I was really happy with the little bouquet when it was finished. She loved them too and thought it was a lovely gesture.

Breakfast

 Unfortunately, I couldn't really understand breakfast on the day I was let home?

Now, if I had been 6 years old and just had my tonsils out then I would have been in heaven 

Ice cream?

But for me, in my 50's and just having eaten not much for the past few days (I have already lost 6 kg of weight through this past 5-week ordeal) then being given ice cream for breakfast just did not go down well at all, and consequently, I didn't eat it.

Sunrise Day 2 in Hospital

 Like yesterday morning, I had a perfect view of the sunrise, well when one is awake at 5am, what else is there to do?

We do get spectacular sunrises and fog in winter here in my part of New Zealand and this morning did not disappoint at all. The city was blanketed and amazing

The netting you can see through the windows is there to protect the building from birds. Many an incident with pigeons coming in through open windows and making a mess of the ledges outside the windows, so this netting hangs all the way to the first floor from the top of the building.

Dinner in Hospital

 With being nil by mouth for a while and then clear oral fluids and eventually allowed a soft diet, then I was excited to see what I would be getting for dinner, when they allowed me to eat.

Soup, jelly & ice cream and custard would never have been top of my list! 

It was pleasant enough but did lead to me feeling nauseous and not happy, but no pain.

Sunrise

 The hospital sits sort of up on a hill, not that it is that noticeable, but when on the 8th floor then you do have a good view of the city. Obviously, the direction of the ward I was in also meant I got to see the sunrise.

And wow, was it spectacular on the first morning.

Here We Go Again

 Unfortunately, on Monday, I ended up back in emergency. This time I was at work, pain hit really bad and they ended up calling an ambulance to work! Let's not talk about the way this was managed in an office of nurses 😀 to say it was comical would be an understatement, but I can definitely see the funny side of it.

This time, the doctor took things seriously and decided that maybe some more investigation was required, so referred me to all sorts of people. This led to x-rays, CT scans, blood tests (again) and so many people poking and prodding me.

The results

Absolutely nothing! Everything came back normal.

However, they did admit me and kept me in for 2 days and keep me nil by mouth for 12 hours and then clear oral fluids only for the next 24 hours, which led to only being able to have ice blocks. Which when you can have nothing else, actually taste really yummy.

The end result was that because I have my double scope procedure happening next week then they decided not to book anything in hospital, it would take too long, and to let me go home with pain relief and to wait the 5 days for my private procedures.

Private Consult

 Today I had my consult, and he has no answers!

So, a multitude of tests to be completed starting with a double procedure of gastroscopy and colonoscopy. A 2 for 1 view of my digestive track from top to bottom in 11 days' time.

The worst part of it all.... the bowel prep I have to take in the 24-36 hours beforehand! That part I am not looking forward to at all.

Oh well, if we can establish what is causing the pain, although not had any more since the last time at the end of May (2 weeks ago) so feel a little bit of a fraud really, then I will be happy.