oh how i blubbered

i was in patients kitchen today sorting out a cup of tea for Colin,one of the other inmates wives popped in to tell me a story.A couple of days ago there were a few of the guys involved in some therapy,,,the physio was making chat and asked the guys when they get out were in the world would they go for a meal,,somewhere they all dreamed of going,,one wanted to go to some swanky resteraunt in london,,another in new york,another a glitzy place in glasow,well thom said it came round to colin and he just looked and said,,,HOME...........oh my god how i blubbered,,,so sweet,,Bunty had said to thom,,why couldnt you have said that,,lets face it men will never do anything right,,but my Colin earned a few brownie points today.

not well

on arrival in the west,,i found colin all wired up.his temp,blood pressure,,headache,all the signs of poss dysreflexia,,,i realy must look up how to spell that.anyway hes not great,they are moinitoring him and keeping things stable,,its a wait and see game,,not pleasant for colin but as usual he doesnt moan.

why does everything go wrong at once

Friday was good,,john hutton,,his lovely wife and beautiful baby lily,,an absaloute beautiful baby,,came,,they have just come from living in South Africa to the UK.I have never mat them before but they were lovely and colin loved seeing them.Today was bad,,colin has not been well,his blood pressure was low,,his temperature was low .he was dizzy,,the signs of disrefelxia,,,not a good state,the nurses worked hard with him and he was stable when we left,,Louise and i were with him all afternoon.I had a realy bad day at work,,no details but lets say im on the edge,,if it wasnt for annie and fiona i would be realy,well i dont know what i would be.Thank god for my true freinds and my family,But at the end of the day there is only colin and the girls and we are a strong unit so less important things should not interfere,,but it hurts.

no madder than usual

To those of you that have shown interest in my mental state after the last blog,,dont worry i am not any madder than normal,,,it was just something that amused me,,awaiting social work department to arrive,,the joy,,,colin to have visit from freind from South Africa this afternoon,,so that will be a pleasnt change for him,,but no rest from me i m afraid will be there after.Weekend looms,,im working,,but i will be there,,so to all that were on the hot line to the royal ed edinburgh im fine .

gare inte trangs min knappas

ja taalla me viela kerran,,tukinta mita jos,jotka,jos keta kiinostaas mita,,,,

just what the doctor ordered

laughter makes me feel good,,it doesnt seem to matter what is going on in life if someone makes you feel good all problems disapear,,someone that can make me laugh is my brother Charlie,,and wednesday is Charlie day,,how we giggle and laugh along that M8 every wednesday.Memories of childhood,,our own childrens antics,,oh yes we giggle,,his three adorable children,Alexandra the budding tennis star,,who by the way is going to introduce shelley to andy murray,,dont buy your hats yet but i have great hopes for that match,Samantha the diva ,,and stuart who is going to break so many hearts,,their father so proud of them all but oh how we laugh at their stories,,samantha huffing over The stupidity of santa that had OBVIOUSLY given Alexandra the ipod that was meant for her by mistake,,Stewart who is oblivious to the whylie ways of girls and Alexandra who will soon be a young lady and Charlie who has witnessed my three girls wondering how he will cope with it all,,,with a stiff drink i advise charlie,,and a very big one at that.Colin was in a better state of health today,,yesterday was not so good,,doctors were called,,ecg machines fitted all test done,,colin was not well and had a massive tightening across his chest,,i left very late but by this time he was settled,,dont know where these turns come from but we are slowly becoming use to them,,Charlies visit was a nice change,,lots of rugby and politics talk and colin was laid back and relaxed.

family and friends

colin feels terrible,,i feel better,,well better with a cronic cough,,,what can i say the mitchell clan,,are just hypocondriacs,,,sure thats not how its spelt.But we have a large family,,not just our three girls but masses and masses of freinds all over the world,,who daily keep in touch and i would be proud to call family,,The wonderful SYKES family that stiil continue to send their love and help from afar,,Colin and I will never be able to thank you enough,,the Polo gang who are still very much there and all freinds and family who i would never have survived these last 6 months without,,thank you guys,,you dont need to be intouch every day,,but everyday someone somewhere,,from manilla to dublin from Tampa to edinburgh manages to bring a smile to my heart.If Colin could be made better with love and wishes he would be whole again,,but he cant but at least his heart is full