The Blue Care lady came to shower Margaret on Tuesday and was appalled when I showed her the picture of Margaret's skin tears. She has arranged for an RN to visit and dress them on Friday when Margaret had her next shower. Margaret was bearing up quite well in spite of being in pain.
Wednesday and Thursday were passed in a blur of activity as we made up the beds and generally prepared for Sue's visit. It has been fifteen years since Margaret and I have seen her and over twenty for Helen. We had rearranged Helen's flight back to South Australia until Sunday so that she could meet her Auntie Sue!
Margaret was a bit put out by all our activities as she has become used to being Helen's centre of attention and coupled with her, still painful, arm was very unhappy. She was, however, still getting exited about Sue's visit.
Friday morning, at 4.00 am I set out to Brisbane Airport to pick up Sue and K who were scheduled to arrive at 6.40 am. I arrived just after 6.00 am and had a coffee while I waited. Their flight arrived on time but got mixed up with ten other International Flights arriving about the same time and it took about ninety minutes for them to clear customs and immigration. It was nearly 8.00 am when we finally left the airport for the drive back to Noosa where we arrived back home about 9.30 am.
Sue and K were exhausted by their thirty hour trip and after the first enthusiastic welcomes and a cup of tea/coffee they went to bed for an "hour" at about 11.30 am. While they slept the Blue Care RN came to shower Margaret and dress her arm. She commented on how good the Emergency Room Nurse had closed the skin across and dressed the injury. She asked me to photograph it before reapplying the dressing.
The Streristrips will stay in place for a few days until they literally drop off.
Sue and K finally woke up about 5.30 pm after a deep six hour sleep. I cooked us all a roast chicken dinner and we sat up late catching up with things.
Margaret was quite exhausted when she went to bed and after a little time settling she fell asleep cuddling the new Teddy Bear which Sue had given her. I hope that Big Ted doesn't get jealous!
On Saturday Sue and K wanted to hire a car so we packed all five of us in the little Honda Jazz I drive and dropped them off at the car hire garage while Helen and I took Margaret to the Pathology Collection Centre for blood test. They went on a drive around Noosa while we returned home. Margaret rested while I did our washing and Helen visited our next door neighbour who she has become very friendly with. By the time I returned from taking Louis for his afternoon walk Margaret and Helen had set up a barbecue with the neighbours and a couple of friends for that evening. Unfortunately it was left to me to get things set up especially as we had run out of gas for the barbie.
Fortunately it all turned out very well. The evening was warm and we all sat on the back patio chatting, eating and of course drinking wine. It broke up about 10.30 pm and we put a very tired Margaret to bed before we tidied up.
On Sunday Helen had to take an early flight back to Adelaide so I had arranged a for a bus to pick her up at 2.45 am to take her to Brisbane Airport. I got up to see her off and she kissed Margaret good bye for a few months. We hope to see her in September for Margaret's birthday. I slept in late before walking Louis. The girls took a picnic lunch and spent the day visiting the Sunshine Coast beaches while Margaret and I had a restful day. We stayed up very late looking at photos which I had converted into a DVD history of our lives.
Monday saw the girls visiting the local hinterland towns while we took it easy as it was a public holiday.
Today we are waiting for the Blue Care RN to check on Margaret's arm and shower her while he girls are out shopping.
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