Old Style Daily Tuesday 22 July 2025

RedRuby1231

Morning all

Dry here and the sun is trying to come out I have a wash load in the wm so will hang that out once it’s finished.

Thank you for all the good wishes for mum, we had a very long day yesterday, we sat in the emergency ward for 10 hours 😩 saw various different nurses who took bloods, inserted a canular etc and then finally saw a Dr mums leg was getting worse and worse the whole time and by the time we saw the dr her leg was almost blistering and the infection had spread, the Dr wanted her on IV antibiotics and said she had two choices she could either go every day this week to another local hospital for the IV or they could admit her for a short while and get on top of it, we chose to admit her as my sister and I are both at work this week so it would have been impossible to get her there every day, so then we waited for a bed to become available, mum was sat in a wheelchair for hours and was shivering with cold, they finally found her a trolly and we got her on that and wrapped her up in blankets and waited another couple of hours, they finally got her a bed and we got her pyjamas on and got her into bed all warm, I was completely shattered so goodness knows how she was feeling. I think she would have been asleep before we got to the door. 

I have taken today off as I was just shattered and could not be responsible for other people today I went to bed around 9 and got up at 9.30 this morning so feel much more with it today.

I think I will go shopping today and get that out of the way I have my hospital appointment tomorrow so could go and visit mum afterwards.

Thursday I have my new lad although his football has been moved to a Friday so we will have to think of something else to do.

Rosy Lenny sounds delightful! Enjoy xxx

Have good days all and take care xx 

Gers

RedRuby1231 said:

Thank you for all the good wishes for mum, we had a very long day yesterday, we sat in the emergency ward for 10 hours 😩 saw various different nurses who took bloods, inserted a canular etc and then finally saw a Dr mums leg was getting worse and worse the whole time and by the time we saw the dr her leg was almost blistering and the infection had spread, the Dr wanted her on IV antibiotics and said she had two choices she could either go every day this week to another local hospital for the IV or they could admit her for a short while and get on top of it, we chose to admit her as my sister and I are both at work this week so it would have been impossible to get her there every day, so then we waited for a bed to become available, mum was sat in a wheelchair for hours and was shivering with cold, they finally found her a trolly and we got her on that and wrapped her up in blankets and waited another couple of hours, they finally got her a bed and we got her pyjamas on and got her into bed all warm, I was completely shattered so goodness knows how she was feeling. I think she would have been asleep before we got to the door. 

Oh my goodness! Poor Mum and poor you too! What a marathon for you both, staying in for a few days is a much better option than trekking back and forth when poorly. I hope that the IV ABs soon get on top of the problem.

My new sweatshirt from Community Clothing has arrived, it's a delicious cobalt blue which looks lovely and was in their Odds and Ends section. Sometimes, small things make a big difference.

I've been clearing out one kitchen cupboard - so many things well ODD, it's awful. Keeping foodstuffs 'just in case' is proving wasteful. I need to re-think it. 

The rain is drying up!

themsthebreaks

Sorry to hear all that your mum is going through @RedRuby1231 I hope she feels better, soon 😊

themsthebreaks

@-taff this is the recipe I found:

225g self-raising flour, sieved
Pinch of salt
50g cold butter, cubed
1tblsp freshly chopped chives
150g sweetcorn kernels 
8tblsp cold water

IzzyBee

Late today I took it into my head I would bake a couple of cakes and some pies just popping in to say Taff I’m pleased your OH is feeling a bit better and sending big hugs to Ruby you have a good right to feel shattered your poor mum but she is in the best place iwill catch up on everyone later thinking of all the poorlies hugs to those that need them have a good day everyone whatever you are doing