Final Call

 Hello everyone this is Chas Dalgetty here, Neet's husband. I have very sad news to impart to you.

 Yesterday evening (Wed 29/4/26) at 8:15PM my beloved Neet passed away peacefully and painlessly in Royal Bolton Hospital. She had been in and out of hospital all through last autumn and winter with the oedema she mentioned in her last post. Sadly this time the IV medication did not work and eventually her kidneys failed her and shut down. By the end she was sleeping most of the time but in a calm and restful manner.

Of course, I am devastated, but I am also glad that she is no longer suffering. May she Rest in Peace.

WOYWW 878 (Hospital Edition)

 I always said I would never miss aWOYWW but suddenly it was taken out out of of my hands and I missed several but, as you know, it was not my doing.  None of us can account for being take ill. and I missed several. I remember feeling much better and still could not join in.

Your cheery messages amd cards spurred me on and so I would like to share some of the sunshine I got from you all if it was in card form

Of course you may want to know what was the the matter with me.  I had 'endocarditis' which was/is a disease of the heart leading to  heart failure which results in oedema in the legs.   I already knew I had heart failure.  This tnne If I got a tiny scratch on my leg it would start to leak water. I ended with pads all over my legs soaking the water up.  My legs were very swollen and the concern was it was going up my tummy and if it reached my lungs BANG!

So hospital was the only answer where I could be on an IV drip that they could monitor and adjust as necessary.  I had some horrendous times in moves from A&E until they found a bed in Coronary Care 1 where I was well cared for.  My arms were black and blue from cannulas, blood tests etc until they eventually put in a Pict line which dealt with most things for a while (blood samples, drips etc). I was quite cocky when ''the vampires' came for blood and and I could refuse it because my nurses took it from the 'dongle' things I had.  No skin marks for me.

Life on C1 became home for me and I loved the doctors and nurses, getting to know them so well.  Even though Christmas wasn't like on TV they did make my birthday special but more on that next week.

It's good to be home with Chas again and I can do a blog post or two.  Even though walking is me being hunched and on my rollator its good to be home 

cvgfvccvvgcfvcvvSee you next week hopefully.

WOYWW 856

 Morning ladies.  Well here I am another sunny day in Royal Bolton Hospital.

 Just made a mess of my, new post again.  The news from here is that I cant go home as yet. Have got a lovely new consultant who told me all about oedema and the difference between the bottom and top of your legs.  Unfortunately my fluid was way up and into my lungs.  But good news is I have lost 8 litres and have about a furhert 5 to go and then they might let me home.  

I was in isolation as you know but that was due to my dh infecting me with Covid.  Then I got pneumonia but I’m   A lot more better now. The Covid,  they say,  lasts 6 days in your system.

I spreent time in isolation but now, yesterday, was moved to a 4 bedded ward,  I do feel much better now so am ready to do abit of c rafting at lasxt,  look at what I got sentjjjjjj

 

Thank you so much for sending me the pictures to colour m

and thank you to all the ladies who sent me cards too..  For some reason  it w ill not let me 

upload the beautiful cards I have received as the colouring is. Gorgeous. 

Well,  this is shor and sweet,betyou are happy! I just-need someone to link me.  Hope I can type from home next week.

See you xx

 

Woyww. 855

Well I am still here but now I’m in a four bedded ward but one went person went home yesterday and the other two are off today.no doubt we will fill up soon.

Now that I’m in here I will do some colouring.

So that’s going to keep me busy and not bored. I am ever so grateful to who sent them to me.  

I’d also like to thank the ladies for their beautiful cards. I will show you them when I get home because they won’t load up now.  The internet here is rubbish.  And I can’t do what I what I want at times.  I wonder those I message understand

I’ve lost 8 litres of fluid with another 5 to go. But now it’s going too fast.  How do I slow it down?

I  need a hairdresser “toute suite”

Must say “au revoir” as time is going on.    Off to  Sarah’s craft shed and maybe a comment or two if I can do it.  Apologies if I don’t mange to visit but I am useless on my iPad plus I run out of battery quickly. Have only 20% now.  See you. 

WOYWW 854

 Just a quickie to say I don't have a workdesk as I am in hospital.

I have put loads of weight on in the form of water.  In fact I put on 2 stone 3 lbs overnight and even now a nurse has just estimated I am carrying about 10 kg of water in my body.  In the first instance I was in a bed/trolley (in a cubicle) in A&E and then moved to a holding ward for 2 nights and now am in a lovely little ward with lovely staff and just three other patients.  but...  Today I have been told I am moving again as soon as a bed is available to cardiology.

I will do my best to do some crafting, as and when I can, and hopefully do a little WOYWW to keep in touch.  I once decided I would not miss a WOYWW and I am hoping to keep to it.  So watch out ladies I will be on here as and when I can.  Doubt I will be able to comment but if I can I will, but if not please do not bother to comment on mine.

Right, heading to Sarah's Craft Shed to link up and hopefully read what you have been up to on my phone.

In lieu of photos of a workshop I will show you my hand when the  canula came out.  It was a blood bath and this was the result afterwards.

Jeudi Journsl - Care

 Today the quote is quite a long one - "Once Upon a Time I didn't Care.  I still don't.  The end". I wanted to fit this quote in with Elle's great theme in the challenge at Art Journal Journey, "Steampunk, Halloween or Steampunk Halloween" and so I chose to have Steampunk featuring in my page and to help with the page I wrote a story about two witches.

"Elvira and her best friend Belladonna were off out shopping for a party they were setting up for the children  in the village.  Being witches, good ones you understand, they were able to do good deeds like this.  The children had been consulted and decided that they wanted a Steampunk Party complete with wings and things,  That meant the two witches had to make several pairs of wings for each of the children to wear and probably lots of cogs for them to wear on their heads like halos.  Elvira was so excited.

The two of them ran around the  town buying up what they could that would make for a lovely party for the children and the two friends hurried back to the village with their purchases piled high.

WOYWW 853

Wednesday again!  I think there is more than one in a week.

What's the week been like for you?  Hops it was a good one.  The weather up here has been quite mild with warmish days for October.  How's it been further down the country?

Well I still haven't been doing much myself as I have to keep those darned legs raised from the ground still.  Makes it rather difficult to do much crafting so unless I manage to get something stamped ready to colour in there is nothing I can do.  The DN's brought me something to use in bed to keep my heels elevated so that there is less chance of my getting bedsores on them as I have got a burning sensation in both heels.  I did finish the cards I had on my desk last week.

My latest purchase to Ann & Val

and a Get Well Card (below) to our neighbour

Sorry about the white card, I was trimming it on the scan and went a bit too far on some sides.  My hand got a twitch and there was nothing I could do about it.

Well, nothing on the table this week, quite tidy for once.  We will have to see if we can mess it up a bit for next time for you.  

Seeing the nurse dealing with my oedema on Thursday so hopefully will start to get somewhere.  She will also hopefully  give me some antibiotics for my chest, I hope, as I am wheezing like an old pair of bellows.  She is brilliant but has been on holiday for two weeks and then it took me a week. to get an appointment with her, shows how popular she is.  Oh, and I may be late commenting today as I am seeing the chiropractor as my back has gone.   Guess it's cheerio for now until later today when we meet at Sarah's Craft Shed.