Spring is surely on its way here in London. Although it was very cold today, with frost on the grass as I walked to St. Dunstan’s for ringing this morning, it was sunny and the sky was a clear blue. After ringing at Stepney, I got a ride to Southwark for more service ringing. The…
After some great ringing at Stepney and Southwark this morning, I spent a quiet afternoon with Mary Elizabeth. I remember months ago the apprehension I would feel approaching the hospital, wondering in what state I would find Mary Elizabeth – whether she would be conscious or unaware, wracked by fever or resting comfortably. I wouldn’t…
Well, don’t get too excited, there was no actual leaping or bounding today – but Mary Elizabeth continues to make progress. In fact, it feels like it is accelerating to me. I took the day off from work today to catch up on sleep, take some pictures of our little corner of London and to…
As I mentioned in my earlier post from today, I had an encouraging meeting this morning with the medical team. When I got to the hospital at 10:00 this morning for the meeting, Mary Elizabeth was out of bed and seated in a chair. She was alert and looking around. I fished her glasses out…
Mary Elizabeth was sleeping when I arrived this evening after work, and slept right through my visit. I learned from the nurses that she was “in the chair” for four hours this afternoon, and likely had visits from the physios and the occupods. That, combined with the fact that she had a fenestrated tracheostomy tube in…
We’re coming up on a full week of awareness and interaction. I got to the hospital this afternoon and found Mary Elizabeth sound asleep. I’ve seen this before and usually she’s very hard to wake up and I wind up sitting quietly while she sleeps. But this afternoon, a few minutes later she opened her…
Mary Elizabeth is on her third day of doing better. I’ve learned the hard way not to look for trends, but I’m just enjoying her responsiveness and awareness. I spent a few hours with Mary Elizabeth this evening, telling her stories about the kids and reminiscing about “old times.” While she can’t respond too much,…
Today was a beautiful day in London, made more so by the rain-soaked day that preceded it. The beauty of my flat is that it is walking distance both to the hospital as well as to the office. So I had enough time this morning to walk to work. As I passed St. Anne’s Limehouse I…
As much as I like to be positive and report progress, today was not one of those days. I’ve had issues with my lower back since 1986, and I was just saying to Ellinor that I was amazed that it hasn’t troubled me in the last 10 weeks, since it’s often triggered by stress. Of…
For once, we missed the bad weather on Long Island. I saw a few stray snowflakes this morning, but that was it. Instead, while driving around this morning I saw a few brave bands of migrating robins – the so-called harbingers of spring. So despite the cold, leafless winter weather – the spring is not…
Moved in Sundry Places 