Holding On and Letting Go 🎈

greent

Scary stuff 😱- glad you got an ambulance out in time - he's where he needs to be right now and hopefully they'll sort him out and he can get home again. Thinking of you both xx

Merlin's_Beard

Nothing to add except good wishes for Mr F's recovery, that must have been quite scary for both of you. Hopefully he can come home soon, feeling a lot better.

beanielou

Sending lots of good vibes x

Cornish_mum

Sending you both my best wishes, CM

maggiem

Very scary, so glad to read you have younger Fortunates with you. Hope Mr Fortune improves quickly. Be kind to yourself, it must have been a shock and frightening too. 

Fortune_Smiles

Update

Thank you everyone for the well wishes.  Mr F is home now and so far, so good.  He is very tired from the blood loss but is looking forward to all the steak dinners I now have to cook for him 😆  I have told him not every day is a steak day but he does have to have a lot of meat over the next weeks - which will be strange for a largely pescatarian household.  I've had to think carefully about the meal plan as I cannot eat much meat but I think I've come up with some solutions.  I've added steak, beef chunks, beef mince, pork mince, bacon and chicken fillets to the veg box order.  I know that's an expensive way of doing things but I can't leave Mr F alone at the moment and it was the quickest, easiest way of getting it here.  Plus I know it will be extremely good quality.  Cost is not the priority right now.

The Younger Fortunates left after lunch.  They walked FDawg and held the fort for us this morning whilst we caught up on some sleep (I haven't slept since the incident). They also popped out to the local shop to pick up pain killers and a few other essentials for me before they left.

I've cancelled any commitments for this week.  Friends and family are being fab and I have lots of people locally willing to help if need be.

I am still worried that the problem will come back but we know what to look out for now and Mr F says he's feeling confident that all is well.

We'll be having an early night tonight and I can feel a good cry coming on.  I didn't feel frightened at the time - just went into problem solving mode and did what needed to be done.  But now things have calmed down I'm starting to feel a bit shaky and tearful.

Counting my blessings big style

Fortune x

VintageHistorian

Excellent news Fortune! 

On the iron front, I'm on iron tablets myself at the moment so I've been looking up good food sources (I'm not a fan of kale or spinach). Apparantly eggs are a very good source of iron, and also most breakfast cereal is fortified with iron. Surprisingly, own brands seem to be a lot better than branded, so I've got myself a big box of Tesco-brand cornflakes for a mere 65p, which are my afternoon snack at the moment.

Also apparantly dairy and caffeine can inhibit the body absorbing iron, but vitamin c helps absorbtion, so some big glasses of orange juice will help (but coffee won't).

Fingers crossed Mr Fortune is soon bouncing back! And do have that cry, you'll feel a bit lighter when you do.

badmemory

They always used to suggest undercooked liver.  Believe me it is not pleasant - much much worse than rare beef/lamb which I also don't eat (mother made me because the doctor said).  I once got told in a restaurant that I couldn't have venison well done, they wouldn't do it.  So I had something else.

Cornish_mum

Dear Fortune, I am very glad to hear that MrF is doing ok, I am sending you virtual flowers, what a horrible shock for you both. Take care of yourself CM

savingholmes

Sounds like a terrifying incident. Glad help arrived in time - and that you both have on-going support.