The snow we've had around here for the past few days is gradually disappearing. Thank goodness, as it has made walking around quite difficult, particularly at the hospital. I was really concerned that either of us could have slipped over and ended up injured in some way. Just walking across the carpark was treacherous and none of the paths leading into the hospital building were free of ice or snow. As it is, this morning, it looks quite sunny and mild outside, although as I write this I haven't ventured outside.
I'm telescoping the last couple of days into this single blog post as there's not really enough to mention in several posts, one for each day, so here goes.
Yesterday (Wednesday) we had to be at the oncology department because the doctors found that Carol was slightly anaemic so she needed to have a blood transfusion.
As we arrived in the hospital campus it was busy as cars were queued going in from Standing Way and then along the inner ring-road near the ground-level carparks. Fortunately the snow and ice had begun to melt meaning it was a good deal easier to walk about, particularly across the carpark and into the hospital building.
We arrived at the oncology department really early, which meant Carol could be set up in good time and we were in for a four-hour session as each bag of blood took two hours to be transfused and she then had to have a saline solution to flush out her system. Crazy how hot it has been in the oncology suite. On arrival the windows were open to cool things down. It seems really ridiculous that it's winter and they need to have the place warm, then they have windows open to cool things down. Just a waste of resources and money.
On Thursday we went back to the oncology because the pump Carol had was to be removed. We got to the hospital at around 2.20 and it was quite difficult to find a parking space, but fortunately someone was leaving so I managed to use it. The pump hadn't finished and there was still some liquid within it so the nurses couldn't disconnect it as hoped and we said we'd come back the next day and it could be removed then. So we had spent a couple of hours without anything happening and so went home at around 5.30.
Today (Friday) we returned to the oncology department. Only a couple of people there and so it didn't take long before one of the nurses disconnected the pump and we were back home within an hour or so. Good to have a couple of weeks of no hospital appointments. The next is on 27th December.
The weather has turned out quite bright and sunny, which makes a pleasant change from the cold and snow that we had around a week ago.
I'm telescoping the last couple of days into this single blog post as there's not really enough to mention in several posts, one for each day, so here goes.
Yesterday (Wednesday) we had to be at the oncology department because the doctors found that Carol was slightly anaemic so she needed to have a blood transfusion.
As we arrived in the hospital campus it was busy as cars were queued going in from Standing Way and then along the inner ring-road near the ground-level carparks. Fortunately the snow and ice had begun to melt meaning it was a good deal easier to walk about, particularly across the carpark and into the hospital building.
We arrived at the oncology department really early, which meant Carol could be set up in good time and we were in for a four-hour session as each bag of blood took two hours to be transfused and she then had to have a saline solution to flush out her system. Crazy how hot it has been in the oncology suite. On arrival the windows were open to cool things down. It seems really ridiculous that it's winter and they need to have the place warm, then they have windows open to cool things down. Just a waste of resources and money.
On Thursday we went back to the oncology because the pump Carol had was to be removed. We got to the hospital at around 2.20 and it was quite difficult to find a parking space, but fortunately someone was leaving so I managed to use it. The pump hadn't finished and there was still some liquid within it so the nurses couldn't disconnect it as hoped and we said we'd come back the next day and it could be removed then. So we had spent a couple of hours without anything happening and so went home at around 5.30.
Today (Friday) we returned to the oncology department. Only a couple of people there and so it didn't take long before one of the nurses disconnected the pump and we were back home within an hour or so. Good to have a couple of weeks of no hospital appointments. The next is on 27th December.
The weather has turned out quite bright and sunny, which makes a pleasant change from the cold and snow that we had around a week ago.
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