Not Much to Report

As the title says there is not much to report this week as things have been quite uneventful.  Margaret got the results of her blood tests from her GP on Friday.  They were quite stable with her eGFR holding at 28 ml/min and her Creatinine 157 umol/L.  These would cause concern for a normal person but for Margaret with chronic kidney failure they are not too bad.  The big surprise was her Cholesterol which was 5.6 mmol/L which is very good for her so her new medicines are working in this area.  However her Triglycerides are 6.5 mmol/L which puts her in a high risk area for heart attacks.

While at the GP's we discussed whether Margaret could stand a short break away from home and it was agreed that she could.  She can't travel too far and needed to rest during the day not to get too run down.  We have decided to go away for four nights from the 21 June to the Novatel Twin Waters Resort where we stayed last August.  I have booked a similar suite to last time which means that we have a separate living area so I can sit and read or play with my laptop while Margaret rests.  We will take short excursions from about 10.00 am to 3.00 pm  and have lunch out.  We will have breakfast and dinner at the resort.  We are under strict instructions to get in touch with the GP in the event of Margaret's health deteriorating.  At the resort is only 40 km from home this is not a problem.

One little thing which shows Margaret's increased dementia, which is probably caused by the high Creatinine levels, is her problems in remembering the name of her new Teddy Bear.  When my sister Sue visited she gave Margaret the new  Teddy Bear.  It was special because you could pop it in the microwave oven for a few seconds and it would come out warm and smelling of lavender plus what ever i had cooked last!  Margaret has called HER Lavender but keeps forgetting her name.  She knows that she smells so it often gets called Stinky!  At least three times a day she asks me her real name.  I just sing, very badly, "Lavender Blue, Dilly, Lavender Green So she remembers it.  Occasionally just saying, "Blue and Green" works but it is gone a few minutes later.

Stinky Lavender