based on which I’m guessing he’ll turn in to a Pale Tussock moth.
Furry friend
September 19th, 2007Family at Fritham
September 19th, 2007Fruitful
September 19th, 2007Bumps and certificates
September 17th, 2007As Christine has already blogged, we were at Queen Elizabeth Country Park yesterday. Amusingly, given my current state, we were meant to be providing first aid cover for the event. Fortunately our services weren’t called upon. The closest we got was one elderly gent failed to climb over the wooden railing surrounding the car park, fell backwards, and proceeded to bash his head on our front bumper!
Unfortunately our presence meant that I couldn’t escape collected my certificate for third place on the Brown Course in the SCOA League. I could put my position down to the fact that I had only amassed five rather than the required six events but I was beaten by those placed first and second in every one of those events. Just a shame I couldn’t make the most of their absence by running yesterday! I think it’s also fair to say that the league has never influenced whether or not I went to an event.
Navel gazing
September 14th, 2007Well, the dressings came off today so I am now able to admire the surgeons’ handiwork: two horizontal incisions less than a centimetre long on my waistline and a third two centimetre cut disappearing vertically in to my bellybutton. The former are very neat and pale into insignificance against injuries I’ve inflicted on myself whilst orienteering! The latter is slightly swollen and very painful to the touch. The nurse confirmed my suspicion that the sore patch at the top of my chest is probably just where someone was leaning! Most annoying at the moment is the sore throat from the ET tube. This a) causes me to cough making my stomach hurt and b) means I keep losing my voice. Still, it all sounds like it definitely needed doing: over her shoulder I could ready delightful phrases like “purulent exudate” and “gangrenous appendix and peritonitis” from my notes. Don’t Google those if you are squeamish!
Gun crime comes to Chandler’s Ford
September 13th, 2007Perhaps just as well Christine and Emma didn’t venture out very far this morning: Two robbers shot dead in failed bank raid. Explains all the sirens and helicopter noise around here though. The most common quote I’ve seen seems to be along the lines of: “you wouldn’t think this would happen in a place like Chandler’s Ford”. Isn’t that the point?!
Who needs an appendix anyway?
September 12th, 2007Well, I needn’t have worried about the bad back stopping me running as by Sunday morning I something entirely different to think about: a sore stomach and vomiting. By late afternoon this was sufficient severe that we gave NHS Direct a call. This eventually resulted in my seeing an out-of-hours doctor at Winchester Hospital. His diagnosis was a stomach bug and he sent me away to drink lots of fluids.
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Tiring Test Way
September 8th, 2007
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