Making a break for it

Discharge day, Yay. I had an early start and still managed to get in the rush hour traffic, figured that I'd be in serious trouble if I was late. Turns out I didn't need to worry but Margaret was champing at the bit to get through the checkout procedure. Still had to have the once over by the nurse, dressing changed etc. Dr Barnes had been in earlier and thankfully had prescribed some good drugs, unfortunately only the standard panadol had arrived from the pharmacy. This put Maggie in a bit of a spin since it wasn't what she'd discussed and was worried about not being able to control her pain at home. As it turns out she had to sign for them at the pharmacy since they are very high powered i.e. they come with a don't get addicted warning, which is a bit scary.

So I bundled Maggie into the car with a sheep skin, cushions and more cushions. Then drove very gingerly on to the motorway. As it turned out the high speed made her nauseous, which took me by surprise, since I was expecting the bumps and corners to be a problem. So we made for the nearest off-ramp, had a break and were fine from there.

Margaret's mum and dad were waiting when we arrived with a lazy boy chair for sticking in the lounge. It took quite a few modifications to get it right but seems to be working out well. Maggie alternated between that and bed.

She also went for a bit of a walk 50m down the street and back, in purple pajamas, don't know what the neighbours were thinking. Will take it a bit at a time.

Bryan