Alfie has hurt himself. He's currently limping around the house. We think he hurt himself when he jumped off the bed. On Sunday night he came downstairs and slept in his bed. It's in the corner of the kitchen by the patio doors into the garden. Perhaps he feels safe and secure in there, it's virtually draft-free. He's currently sleeping on the sofa in the lounge (Sunday, 6 20 a.m.) I'm not exactly sure what he's done to himself, but I think he's twisted his back or his hip. He keeps on limping and finds it difficult to jump on the sofa and has to be lifted on. Even coming up the step into the house through the patio doors from the garden seems a bit of a struggle. He's found it almost impossible to get on our bed and has to be lifted up. When we've taken him out for a walk he runs off like a little hare, so perhaps it's that which has sparked this off. I put some of the remaining liquid ibuprofen in his food last night, left over from when we went to the vet a few weeks ago. I think it might be easing the discomfort for him.
We've been to the oncology department this morning as Carol had to have blood taken to be tested before the next chemotherapy cycle could begin. As the weather was fine we walked. It saves on the stress of finding a parking space and it's no more than ten minutes stroll. On arrival in the department it was really warm. Infact it's been quite humid for the past couple of days. They had to open the windows and the door onto the garden area to cool the place down. There were further problems with the compute system the nurses use to check in patients and input data so we had to wait quite a while before Carol was seen. I feel sorry for the staff having to deal with this new computer system which seems to cause so many problems. They have enough stress in that department, what with staff shortages and it seems to hold up patients' treatments because they can't access the new system. If it's like this in oncology, no doubt it's the same throughout the whole hospital.
The chemotherapy cycle will presumably go ahead as planned as we didn't get a telephone call to say it couldn't go ahead which has happened on two occasions. They usually call between 5-6 p.m., once they get the blood test results back. We don't have to be at the oncology department until around 11.30 this morning (Tuesday.) Let's just hope we manage to find a parking space when we arrive at the hospital and it's close to the oncology department.
We've been to the oncology department this morning as Carol had to have blood taken to be tested before the next chemotherapy cycle could begin. As the weather was fine we walked. It saves on the stress of finding a parking space and it's no more than ten minutes stroll. On arrival in the department it was really warm. Infact it's been quite humid for the past couple of days. They had to open the windows and the door onto the garden area to cool the place down. There were further problems with the compute system the nurses use to check in patients and input data so we had to wait quite a while before Carol was seen. I feel sorry for the staff having to deal with this new computer system which seems to cause so many problems. They have enough stress in that department, what with staff shortages and it seems to hold up patients' treatments because they can't access the new system. If it's like this in oncology, no doubt it's the same throughout the whole hospital.
The chemotherapy cycle will presumably go ahead as planned as we didn't get a telephone call to say it couldn't go ahead which has happened on two occasions. They usually call between 5-6 p.m., once they get the blood test results back. We don't have to be at the oncology department until around 11.30 this morning (Tuesday.) Let's just hope we manage to find a parking space when we arrive at the hospital and it's close to the oncology department.
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