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I visited Margaret between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm but still didn't see her specialist. Apparently he was waiting for the results of her blood tests from the night before. She was on morphine injections to keep he comfortable and being moved as little as possible as her ribs were extremely sore. She was still in her own world and I am afraid that I couldn't make head nor tail of most of what she said.

Her specialist made his visit when I wasn't there about 4.00 pm but left a message that he wanted to see me at 10.00 am today. From Margaret's reaction to his visit I learnt two things. One the ring he wore is not that big and that we deserved each other! She was also alarmed that she would be put in a nursing home where she would be raped. Unfortunately such terrible things have happened in the past and it is buried in her sub-conscious. The hospital's occupational therapist dropped by during the day. He has assessed Margaret on two previous occasions in the last two years and is now concerned that her present mental and physical conditions puts her at risk living at home. I looked forward to the specialist's opinion.