Medical

“Little C” is well enough to go see her GP today – last week she could hardly move, so this is real progress.

Greek Helen has taken over as Chief Telephone-er from Ketki who is in India this week. Yesterday she got permission for me to visit my husband in hospital in the late morning. I'll try that today. It'll make a big difference to the shape of my day if it is successful.

Yesterday I visited a terrific care home. (They have wi-fi; I was tempted to book myself in.) Everything we could ask for, including excellent physiotherapy -- except that there were no beds available. Helen is investigating a couple of others. I must try to find out the procedure for being discharged to a care home.

She is also trying to book a telephone conversation with my husband's Elderly Care dr. I spoke to her a couple of days ago, and liked her. I tried to talk about bad temper and didn't get very far. Helen is going to concentrate on prognosis, and on his chances of getting a bed at the Royal Victoria (single rooms, strenuous rehabilitation).

My husband was sleepy yesterday and the visit therefore less painful than some.

Knitting

I just went on with the Fantoosh yesterday, and have made a start on the 14-lozenge rank – the last one if I were knitting the smaller version. I hope my rearranged day (see above) will afford more knitting time.

It's nearly time to switch to a longer circular needle.

Amazon keeps adroitly tempting me with knitting books. I've ordered Zilboorg's “Knitting for Anarchists”. It's several years old, but I didn't know about it. I'm tempted by Mucklestone both on Scandinavian designs and Fair Isle ones. Both topics are pretty extensively covered by what is on my shelves already, so I may be able to resist.