24 Hour Recovery Connections Part 440
, sending much love xx
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Originally Posted by kenton 
Struggling a bit at the moment. My 10 year old daughter is in hospital with suspected appendicitis. I'm staying in hospital with her tonight. I keep getting messages from the mum of one of my 13 year old daughter's friends. Apparently there's been some big fall out at school and my daughter has really upset this woman's daughter. I've spoken to my daughter and she's really flippant about it. She says she's made new friends and as far as she's concerned, everything is fine. She seems fine. I wouldn't have known anything had happened at school if I hadn't got the messages. That part of my brain.... the part that likes to control everything ..... that part is really struggling right now. I don't know what's wrong with my youngest daughter and I'm worried about my eldest. Is she being nasty at school or is this just standard teenage girl behaviour that may blow over next week? I'm tired and worried and I think I'm catastrophising so I need to calm down. My youngest daughter is in the best possible place. The doctors will work out what's wrong and she'll be fine. I know she'll be fine. And in relation to my eldest, all I can do is be here for her, remind her about the importance of treating everyone with kindness and respect but ultimately I need to let her make her own mistakes, learn her own lessons. I've recited the serenity prayer a few hundred times.... I think it's working. Love to everyone and prayers for anyone struggling. 24 more for me please xxxx
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REPEAT DOWN BELOW
tired and sore and sore and tired and grumpy
so there!
Repeat share: Outpatients appt...saw one surgeon in main foyer- WHO showed the sales manager of the dressing company that makes the dressing which helped save my life- on describing who I was (with a tour of my arm) she looked awe struck. Then senior nurse checked- other nurse removed 20 sutures from donor site- inner thigh. Other surgeon looked, all happy. Top layer of skin has sloughed off- looks like raw mincemeat- that has been patted down with a fork. My down there area is very sore- very sore. Then assessment by OT for a new glove. The graft has taken well, and the 30 or so stitches have all dissolved now- no more reinforcing bandages (there- I PUT ONE ON HOME, TO PROTECT IT FROM BUMPING), SO THAT IS QUITE SORE AS WELL. and that was in caps and I am tired so staying in caps.... So tiring but good. Then visit to cuz- she gave me linen she had spare- as I do not have much. Then shopping- home, went to check mail and locked myself out. The spare I usually have hidden (and I mean hidden) outside was at a friend's place- who had it for checking my unit when I was in hosp. Went to unit management office not far away (had spare car keys on spare mail box key, with no house key) and got their spare-spare key, all good.
Interesting- my neighbor came out and correctly worked out I was locked out, then proceeded to settle into the rhythm one does when launching into a 'life lesson' story and what SHE does with her spare key.......really what I needed.
Long day, but very productive
tired and sore and sore and tired and grumpy
so there!
Repeat share: Outpatients appt...saw one surgeon in main foyer- WHO showed the sales manager of the dressing company that makes the dressing which helped save my life- on describing who I was (with a tour of my arm) she looked awe struck. Then senior nurse checked- other nurse removed 20 sutures from donor site- inner thigh. Other surgeon looked, all happy. Top layer of skin has sloughed off- looks like raw mincemeat- that has been patted down with a fork. My down there area is very sore- very sore. Then assessment by OT for a new glove. The graft has taken well, and the 30 or so stitches have all dissolved now- no more reinforcing bandages (there- I PUT ONE ON HOME, TO PROTECT IT FROM BUMPING), SO THAT IS QUITE SORE AS WELL. and that was in caps and I am tired so staying in caps.... So tiring but good. Then visit to cuz- she gave me linen she had spare- as I do not have much. Then shopping- home, went to check mail and locked myself out. The spare I usually have hidden (and I mean hidden) outside was at a friend's place- who had it for checking my unit when I was in hosp. Went to unit management office not far away (had spare car keys on spare mail box key, with no house key) and got their spare-spare key, all good.
Interesting- my neighbor came out and correctly worked out I was locked out, then proceeded to settle into the rhythm one does when launching into a 'life lesson' story and what SHE does with her spare key.......really what I needed.
Long day, but very productive
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