Having had to contact our beloved landlord, he now wants to inspect the house. So I am busily cleaning and generally tidying the house. Will someone tell me that changing a king size duvet cover isn't the worst job ever??? I then go to find that the clean one is inside out and that takes some time to turn right side out. My experience of stage management and having to deal with 'tabs' (curtains) comes in handy. Working with extremely large cycloramas and tabs has come in handy, strangely. Getting the corners of the duvet to match the corners of the cover and then putting the whole thing over the bannister rail and getting the whole thing to fall out (as we would have done with tabs when working in theatre, so all the creases fall out. Some of those velour tabs weighed a ton and a half. Not literally, but if you did it wrong, when hanging onto a cleat-rail at about 40 feet from the stage floor, could be dangerous. Another story for another blog post, possibly.) Anyway, I did manage to get the duvet cover sorted. All those buttons to match up precisely is quite a difficult job. but it's done now and so another job ticked off the list. The duvet cover and sheets are now in the washing machine and doing their 'thing,' and will be out on the washing line within about another 15-20 minutes or so.
Carol has just this minute rung from Ward 22 to tell me that she's got an eye test at 9.30 this morning and I need to be there as they have to put drops in her eyes and she wouldn't be able to see properly for quite a while afterwards. Just as well I'm available to assist her.
Later. Well, I did get to the ward well before 9.30. After we'd waited some time and nothing happened (much as it did yesterday) we were then told that the appointment wasn't until tomorrow. Carol was told she was to have another M.R.I. scan, but she point blank refused to have it directly after the eye appointment, basically because, first, she wasn't supposed to eat 3 hours before the scan and second, she would have to have drops put in her eyes for the eye appointment and would not be able to see properly, which is why they needed me there to assist her because she wouldn't be able to see properly. There was a possibility that she could have the M.R.I. scan today, but it would be unlikely.
Another possible wrong piece of information. Carol was sure she had a consultant's appointment in the Macmillan Unit this Friday, but one of the nurses did some digging and found that this appointment wasn't until the following Friday. Quite a few mistakes today, but they were sorted out as the morning progressed.
Later. Well, I did get to the ward well before 9.30. After we'd waited some time and nothing happened (much as it did yesterday) we were then told that the appointment wasn't until tomorrow. Carol was told she was to have another M.R.I. scan, but she point blank refused to have it directly after the eye appointment, basically because, first, she wasn't supposed to eat 3 hours before the scan and second, she would have to have drops put in her eyes for the eye appointment and would not be able to see properly, which is why they needed me there to assist her because she wouldn't be able to see properly. There was a possibility that she could have the M.R.I. scan today, but it would be unlikely.
Another possible wrong piece of information. Carol was sure she had a consultant's appointment in the Macmillan Unit this Friday, but one of the nurses did some digging and found that this appointment wasn't until the following Friday. Quite a few mistakes today, but they were sorted out as the morning progressed.
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