It's Wednesday, October 28th - bit of non day weatherwise (dull, grey
skies with a bit of a chilly wind) reminds us of home on the Isle of
Man. Andrew had quite a good night - he's now waking up every 2 hours
during the night to visit the loo. His appetite is good too, eating 5
small meals a day which keeps me pretty busy either cooking or
shopping. He still looks pale and wan and feeling very tired most of
the time but he is in good spirits and starting to sound like his old
self.
At the moment life revolves around the bathroom. If we venture out
along the Skyways & Subways, we have to know that we can get to the
washroom pdq. Bearing all this in mind I decide that today is the day
to attempt our first excursion together to a local Mall. The mission is
to buy Series 4 of House - we've spent the last four weeks watching
this hospital series day after day, evening after evening - it's pretty
well kept us sane. So we set off, first the courtesy car to Mayo Clinic
(not very far away and quite walkable but don't want Andrew to use up
all his energy at this stage...) From there we caught the number 7 bus
and arrived at Apache Mall ten minutes later. Two visits to the Mall
washroom, a cappucino, and our House series purchase - our mission
accomplished! We were home within 2 hours - just in time to catch the
phone call from Andrew's surgeon wanting to know how things are going.
A big thumbs up all around......
So why Trial Run? Well, I've heard that the biggest Mall in America is
just an hour away in Minneapolis - there's even a coach to take you
there... today was just a practice session!
love
T x
