First of all I would like to say how pleased I am that Gaelle (the ICU nurse at the Western General) has found this blog. Colin's first few weeks after the accident passed in a morphine induced dream, actually, nightmare, as he hallucinated for the majority of the time. But the gang there got me through that most awful of times. They were there for both Colin and I, and without their help and constant support it would have been, if possible, more of a horrific experience.
Some of the people, Marion, Valerie, Rachel, Gaelle, Karen McSorley, Mr Nimmo. I will never be able to tell you how much I appreciated your expertise and constant caring. I'm sure I will have missed someone out. But if you have to be in the ICU, hope and pray that you have people like these on your side. Thank you, Charlotte.
Thursday
Colin is still trying to pull himself back to pre-infection health. He was very sore today, and extremely tired. His breathing taking a back seat to painkillers and rest.
This of course is exactly the type of day we all dread, but this is the worst, so anything else will definitely be a bonus.
Les, one of his oldest friends, came to visit yesterday, and both of us really appreciate this. Colin was so glad to hear that friends and colleagues from Sykes cared enough to write and let him know of projects and work that he was involved in. To you all, I thank you. It is so easy to become ensconced in the high dependency bubble and so good for Colin's morale, to know how many people care.
As the heroine of "Gone with the wind" said "Tomorrow is another day..."
Friday
Dad was a little better today. Less pain than yesterday. However he is clearly bored. We all try to bring him as much chat from the outside world as possible, but we run out in about half an hour. Dad was still very tired, but I was pleased to see him a little bit better.
Louise and I are going again tomorrow. We shall go with the regular Saturday paper and struggle our way through the business section for him. Hopefully he will be feeling stronger again tomorrow.
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We look forward to your blog entries and every day hope that there is improvement particularly since the recent set backs. Crime writers - I was completely hooked on PD James who is a brilliant writer - there is also Patricia Cornwell who i have not read - I think she is much more technical and gory than James. James' main character is Insp. Dalgleish and at one stage some of her books were televised. Anyway hope this may help. Love to you all Julia
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