....that's what I discovered at 4am yesterday morning. Great big fat black thing, about an inch long with waving antenna. Ooo, how it scuttled. So fast. Me too. Managed to stay cool and not squeal. Rang for a nurse. Somebody came and did battle with it. I was standing on the bed by this time directing proceeding from on high. It shot about all over the place, but finally succumbed and was squashed up and swept away in bundles of paper towel... Pest control appeared first thing in the morning and put a box of bait/poison down next to the loo. However the seed is sown, and every time I open the bathroom door I am doing a scan for scuttling beasties. And joking aside, cockroaches are a health hazard which I could do without. I am surprised that they are here on such a 'high risk' ward. I guess the truth is the hospital is probably crawling with them. Where there one there's sure to be more than two...
Been a difficult few days. Was hoping to be home this evening. But my temperature is slowly creeping up. My blood counts are swiftly falling down (neutrophils still around 0.9) and I just feeling rough, sweaty and unwell. My eyes ache. Dr informs me tonight that the CMV marker in my blood has risen, so they are going to start me on the strong antiviral drug. Not what i wanted to hear. Oh dear. Least it's in tablet form and not IV. If it's IV I am stuck in the hospital till the course is finished. But with tablets I can get home. I will be monitored over the next few days and then they will make a decision depending on how I respond. Can't believe I have been back in hospital for almost a week. Grassmount seems an age away. Robins. Wood mouse. Jays an' all. Luigi tells me there a purple crocus in Ruskin Park. And last night there were great rains and wild winds apparently. Shut away in my isolation chamber i miss out on all this. But my slice of hexagon sky was filled with a smudgy white moon slipping in and out of sweeping midnight clouds. That was a precious sight.
Signing off for now. Waiting for my antiviral drugs to arrive. Lying on my Air Force blue duvet dressed in stardust blue pajamas. Lots of blue. My hair by the way (incase anyone is wondering), is doing a very good interpretation of a skunk (sight, not smell). Growing back slowly in patches of dark grey and white. Goddam it, white!
Hope everyone well. Hope everyone happy. Big world hug. Back soon. tch xx
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Blue blue electric blue, blues the colour of my room.....not the colour of the "Blues" but beautiful skies. Here's hoping for a swift return to your Grassmount and the approaching spring. Stay safe Tess Ianx
hope you get home soon Tessa - saw Melanie for lunch yesterday cos I was doing something just across the road from her office. Sent love via her - and here's some more. Lisa xx
Hi Tessa, the next thing you'll know David Attenborough will be in your bathroom with a camera crew making a wildlife documentary! Fingers crossed you get back to Grassmount soon.
Keep paddling, thinking and rooting for you, lynn x
OMG I had a similar cockroach encounter in the bathroom at Mum's once, which was more acceptable in an Ozzy bathroom - totally NOT what you expect in an isolation ward......
Chuckled at the image of you on the bed directing from above though!
The big friday night snow dollop has gone and it is positively spring like outside - no trace of my snow angel :-(
Big hugs and positive vibes heading your way for a speedy homecoming Jules xx
Dear Tess-have been away from the blog and electronic world looking after j's step in Cheltenham so missed your b'day,cockroach capers and,damn them,misbehaving blood counts. Big restorative duvet hugs are being scattershot from Devon to your bed with very much love xxxT
Tessa quel horreur! Shouldn't worry you as you have been to Oz where they dwell in their millions! One followed us from Brisbane to NZ in a suitcase, so much for bug control.
Tis thing is having a hissy fit and cut short the message. So sorry to hear about the problems, we are thinking of you and sending good vibes. Take care xxxxp
well I was just thinking to come over and visit you and now sadly you are back in doing battle with cockroaches of all things. I think they are very robust-like they would survive a nuclear war -along with rats- and rule the planet after the extinction of virtually all else.
Sorry I forgot your boisthday too.Will make amends as soon as you are back home.
I've got purple and yellow croci out and daffodils about to burst into flower .So a bit springlike but still nippy in the wind.
Let us know when you are out .I will be quicker off the mark this time.
Mum stable, but frail and bedbound.No longer imminently about to leave us but in a strange state of stasis.Could go on a while I guess. Hard to know and hard to deal with.Oy vey!!
Lotsa of love
Tony xxxxx
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