What a long time since my last Blog. So much for regular updates.
We are in the midst of Autumn which is not quite the season of mellow fruitfullness that we are used to. The only fruitfull things we have are two ugly fruit which we’ve been nuturing. Luckily as it turned out, these were not melons as Ian kindly treated me to 9 melons from the nice man who came knocking at the door. It is also the season of visits and unfortunately this week has turned into the week of rain – so poor M&D have seen Spain in the rain again.
It has also turned a little cooler, still not cold, but definately with an autumn feel. We will soon be thinking about heating, and working out where to put stoves and heaters etc. How quickly the summer seems to have passed. It is noticeably darker in the morning and evening too. I am writing this at 8.15 and it is still dark outside. Of course the clocks will change at the end of the month, but it is still a little strange to wake up in the dark at this time.
Ankle is now naked, having had the plaster taken off when I was in hospital. As I was just laid down anyway the consultant thought I might as well have the plaster off so that I could flex my ankle and also to give the incisions some fresh air to aid healing. Having had a fever for quite a period, my plaster was insulating my ankle nicely and turning it into an oven. Fresh air was quite a novelty and it was quite shocking to see my ankle in all its glory for the first time. For about 24 hours it was quite mishapen and looked sorry for itself. However it soon came back into shape and with a bit of scraping off of dead skin (Ian impressed all the nurses by helping me wash my foot for the first time) it soon looked presentable. The incisions have been healing really well and the large one on the right is now partially invisible and the one on the left which is slightly swollen is coming along nicely. I have noticed that my right leg has started not to have the muscle definition of the left (ha – and that is saying something) and that when I am sat down the left leg looks normal whereas the right looks like blacmange. Heyho.
I had the ankle x-rayed when I was in hospital and the left bone is healing, however the right one is not. This means another few weeks without putting weight on it and therefore more time on crutches. I am glad of the wheelchair. Unfortunaltey it also means a few more weeks of anti-coagulant injections. Boo.
Tibs and Fibs are growing up, and are now little cats. It seems a long time ago since I took the picture of them climbing up my plaster. They are now allowed out into the big wide world and are very confident around the dogs. In fact Tibs is quite happy to snuggle up on Bob although Fibs is a bit nervous when the bark and hides under the kitchen table.