An Intense Time

On Thursday, I went to work with BGWLBH and she dropped me off at The Gypsy’s home at the end of her shift.

The Gypsy had been picked up from hospital at 11am and taken home, and I arrived at her place just after midday.

My plan was to stay with The Gypsy for her first night at home after hip surgery, but I packed for two nights, just in case.

She was doing really well, with good movement, manageable pain and was doing all the right things with medication and her set exercises to maximise healing and movement, so I confidently left her home at 1pm the next day.

Adoring Husband took me immediately to inspect an electric trike at a bike shop. He had seen it when he bought some new rubber handles for his bike and because my trike is looking the worst for wear with a bit of rust and faded paint AND at my age, I’m struggling with pedalling, especially on windy days, he thought it would be a good purchase.

So I took it for a test drive and we checked out the specs and bells and whistles before deciding to purchase it.

It folds in half and we hoped that it would fit in the back of the Outlander, but it was about 10mm too tall to slide in the back. It turns out that the shop owner’s Dad lives directly across the road from us, so he is going to deliver it on Monday, free of charge!

While we were attempting to put the trike into the car, I received a text from The Gypsy asking me to return because she’d had a fall! So we rushed back to her place.

She had fainted, cut her chin and hit her cheek bone and forehead. There was a lot of blood on the floor in the bedroom where she fell, but she is taking blood thinners, so the bleeding was worse than normal. While it wasn’t gushing or dripping with blood, it took all day for the wound to stop seeping blood.

We discussed calling an ambulance to have her checked over and she asked if we could just wait and monitor her condition before making that decision, so I agreed to that. She later texted her medical support person from the hospital and got advice from him, so she was able to stay at home.

I decided to stay another night and when I left this morning, she had everything she needed, like food, cup of tea, water, medications, tissues, phone etc., at her fingertips so that she would only need to get up for the toilet and some light movement exercises.

I have checked in every two hours by text and she is safe and well.

Harley was happy to see me and we have played a couple of times. I have spent the afternoon watching the footy with AH and luckily it was ‘fend for yourself’ night for dinner, so I could just relax for the day.

Now it’s almost 10pm and while the fold out cot that I slept in at her place was surprisingly comfortable, I am looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tonight.

Nite all.