Dressing

 After another hot and steamy night, I was up at 6:30, ready to enjoy a very cool shower. Once dressed, I made a tea for Diane and sat down with my coffee. She came down in time for her morning injection and a coffee.

As usual, I went to Zoe's to collect Ellie. There was a bit of a panic when Zoe couldn't entice Beau back in the house, so eventually she decided to leave her back door open, knowing that her neighbour was home and would keep an eye on the house. We also checked that the security cameras had the approach covered.

I dropped Ellie off at school and went home for breakfast. My plan was to work through the ironing, but first I had to help Di back upstairs so she could get washed and dressed. It was later in the morning, as I was finishing the ironing, that she called down. There was some seepage from her dressing, and there seemed to be a split in the dressing itself. After a very brief debate, she phoned the hospital, and they made an appointment for her to have it checked, mid-afternoon.

We had some time to kill, so I helped her wash her hair before we grabbed some lunch. When we arrived at the hospital, she was seen almost immediately. The old dressing was removed, everything was checked and given a clean bill, and the wound was redressed with a similar dressing protected with a compression bandage. We have to return on Tuesday for a "wound check".

Back home, Di went upstairs to do her physio exercises and have a rest. Soon after, Kim arrived. She had been to the doctor and was due to return for a test later, so she came to see Mum. She wasn't with her for long as the doctor phoned to bring forward the time of the test. No doubt we'll hear more from her later.