Touched By Angels

So I woke up on Day 4, new ward, not a bad nights sleep and I could open the window too. After breakfast and my morning meds I was allowed my first shower in 5 days, and wow did it feel good!! The luke warm water was so refreshing after feeling so poorly, although...

Touched By Angels

Day 3 on EAU (I know how poorly I am at this point as I they still want me to stay!!) I wake again to be covered in the dreaded rash, so more IV hydrocortisone, Piriton but thankfully no drip (I am drinking 5 litres of fluids) but I was back on the heart monitor....

Touched By Angels

I didn’t get much sleep, due to needing to use the commode lots, heart monitor, BP cuff, drip, and 2 very poorly patients in the bay, I “woke” about 06:30 feeling very tingly in my lips, I spoke to the nurse who thought it was going down but to...

Touched By Angels

Well who would have thought this time 3 weeks ago I was a normal fit healthy girl who was non-stop working, running the charity and practising ready to take my Gold Latin medals on 17th May, swimming twice a week and a “little” walk was 4 miles! Then I had...

Video Email

There I was checking my emails when I had one through being told that the following one would be a special gift for me…… I opened the next email and there it was a video one of my amazing, inspirational patients, Young Harry. His Uncle had asked him if he...

Happy Easter

It’s the time of year when you are spending time with your family, friends eating lots of chocolate and generally enjoying yourselves. But what about those people among us, who don’t have family, or who are too poorly to enjoy this time, who spends time...