I stayed in hospital until Sunday (11th) CDU then 'Kennet' ward again. I had a painful swelling beside the stoma - infection! A very good Registrar, Simon managed to get a cannula in my hand, no mean feat! he put me on Anti-biotics intravenously, which are always better than oral anyway, and with my poor absorption, the best way.
I just 'cap napped' last night (Sunday), as the bag only goes 2 hours before it needs emptying - miss it by oversleeping and boy! will you regret it! - everywhere! I'm still staggered how quickly 2 nurses, or care assistants even, can strip, clean and remake a bed - with you in it! - you could hold your breath that long! and all the time they're smiling! It's the old tablecloth trick!!
(home now) Last night (Monday) I had a bad night - the bag leaked at 3am, cleaned up (half-an-hour!) and it did it again at 7am, no real idea why but added a 'horseshoe sticker' to the place where it went both times and it held.By good coincidence we were seeing the Stoma Nurse at 9.00am this morning, Rob and Connor took us in to the Royal Berks hospital. It was a very useful session, and we managed to 'bag' some useful spares for emergency survival kit.She gave me lots of encouragement, so I came home feeling more settled.Somehow amongst all this chaos Suzanne managed to get the tree AND put it up, decorate the conservatory, come and get me from hospital, cook a dinner and a million other things - she's amazing!
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