Sunday 25 November 2018

Ship Tax

I saw a sign advertising the RNIB whilst walking to the hospital.  I wondered where the charity struggles to get landlocked Leicester citizens to take their charity seriously.  Then I thought of King Charles' I attempt to get landlocked counties to pay the 'Ship Tax'.  That was a contributory factor in the move towards war.

Sunday 4 November 2018

Recovery in Numbers

One - 'Incident' on 22nd of September ("Fear of the name only increase fear of the thing itself" - Hermione in Harry Potter.)
Two -  Ambulance journeys between hospitals
Three - Hospitals visited (Two in Sheffield, one in Leicester.)
Four -  CT/MRI scans
Five - Wards stayed in
Six - Maximum visitors at any one time (against the rules!)
Severn - Profession Groups - Nurses, Anaesthetists, Neurologists, Dietitians, Physiotherapists, OT's and Speech Therapist.
Eight -  End of visiting time in the evenings.
Nine - Beds in Brain Injury Unit
Ten - Predictable routines (Wake/ checks and move, shower/ wash, hoist into chair, visitors, rest break, physio/therapy, visitors, checks, visitors leave, checks/sleep.)
Eleven - Floors up in Sheffield RHH
Twelve - pastors visiting
Thirteen - Team Elizabeth TShirts
Twenty seconds between each pumping up of the mattress.
Sixty four - Get Well cards (and counting)