Fiona's Quiet Life

The new light weight racing cast.

Well what a sur­prise that was,
all i had with me was a mobile phone and an ipod. i didn’t want to be car­ry­ing any­thing as i am a bit wobbly on the crutches.
on Wed­nes­day morn­ing i Had an appoint­ment at out­pa­tients to get an new plaster cast on my ankle as it was loose due to swell­ing subsiding.

i get there nice and early and am seen almost instantly, good i think i will get back in time to see the wee boys all dressed up for a wed­ding they were going to.
huh fat chance
they cut off the old cast. they put on nice new quick dry­ing one, then the xray to make sure it is in position….it is in per­fect pos­i­tion but by then the con­sult­ant has decided that it might never heal prop­erly and he wants to put two screws in to keep it in place. we will send you up to a ward now……..”what ? now” says i ‚” can’t i go home and get some things”. “we might lose the bed says he “…..when a hos­pital has a bed you grab it quick. so up i go to be admit­ted from Wed­nes­day day till prob­ably Sat­urday and all i have is the clothes i am wear­ing and an ipod and phone.
i am lucky, they like the idea of a quad bik­ing granny and give me a nice side room with tele­vi­sion all to my self so i am not too bored just stunned and not being home drink­ing tea.
brother in law goes and buys me books, tooth­paste soap etc. and i feel more human.
the daugh­ters con­fer
one is at a wed­ding. the other on her way back from holiday.

she gets back from hol­i­day phones hos­pital and asks what i need…….T shirts say i , the hos­pital is very hot.she goes off to asda and gets all sorts of excit­ing things and so an hour later son in law turns up with all the things a per­son might need. made me feel much bet­ter.
then they move me out of my nice room into an large ward where three women talk loudly to them­selves all night.
more about that later .or not
but the stay in ward 4 of the Vic­toria Glas­gow was delight­ful, every­body seemed to enjoy work­ing there and they were all great fun.