Another good night's sleep for both of us, although my bed is a little hard and is bruising my hips a bit. Another companion, Carol, who is Canadian and here with her dad Clifford, sat on it and promptly told me to ask for the foam topper on her bed when she goes on Thursday. Apparently it was bought by another companion and passed on to her.
Caroline has had lots of IVs today and another UV treatment on her blood. We've also had a second visit from the visiting missionaries, Beatrice and Andrew, who blessed me as well as Caroline this time. A lot of the activities on the board are described as being led by 'Amigos dos Esperanza' who I've been expecting to meet all week; I realised today it's not someone's name, but refers to these missionaries, 'friends of/in hope?'
David and Ruth Ann have left the hospital today for the Amish guesthouse and outpatient clinc, and when I went to the supermarket today I saw several other Amish families, including a beautiful blonde mother with an 8 month old baby called Andrew with flaxen hair. Our neighbours Mohammad and Nader his son leave for Wisconsin tomorrow, and Carol & Clifford go on Thursday. If no-one else comes Caroline will be the only patient in the Issels section of the hospital.
A couple from Indiana arrived yesterday on the third floor; Henry and Joanne have been married for 51 years, from the ages of 18 and 15, and have a great grandchild of 7! It was Henry's first ever flight to get here, but he seems to have coped extremely well, although the lack of Diet Coke in the hospital might be a problem for them.
We are getting lovely emails from Mum, who seems to be in a whirlwind of activity while Dad is recovering in hospital; making jam, walking Ollie the hip breaker, preparing for the joiner coming back to replace some more windows and finishing today with a trip to one of the Seahouses curry joints with Dave and my children. (Dad's not keen on spicy food, so she doesn't get much opportunity.) Dad has been up walking and should be transferred to Alnwick tomorrow so that will make things easier for her.
Sorry no photos at the moment, my phone camera has started to store photos in the phone memory rather than on the card and I can't get at them.
Good news, Nader next door has just fixed it so I should be able to upload some more tomorrow.
Keep the comments coming please, we really appreciate them. It's particularly special to hear from our American cousins; Happy Anniversary John & Nancy.
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