Nurses Schedule

Nurses have a lot to do.  Here we have a pain management schedule 4x per day and the medicine schedule also 4x per day. At least these two can be co-ordinated. Then there is the wound management schedule which gets out of step at 3x per day. This one is tricky where the wound must be kept moist but not wet.  And for some reason eye ointment is good for this. There are also eye drops which do go in the eyes but not on the wound.  Finally there is the sleep and the food schedules and the trickiest one, trying to wash hair without getting any water on the neck.  

VISA payout

 We have been wrangling with a health insurance report which has to be on the correct form and filled out by a doctor with a stamp identifying them in the registry.  That filled out form was in the mail to us over a week ago, as we were leaving to get the operation done and we have been caught up with that ever since.  However I got an email from the Allianz people saying the claim had been approved and funds would be paid into our bank account.  Hooray, and all the fuss about a particular medical report does not seem to be so important afterall, as we never got the chance to send it.  So moral here is don't forget that credit cards have automatic insurance cover. Now its onto our real insurance claim with RACV insurance. It never ends.

Cherry Lake

 This area brings back MMBW memories as I spent a lot of time mapping the Kororoit Creek and Cherry Lake area.  There is a bicycle circuit of the lake you can do with access from the Williamstown trail then it is a short ride down to Altona and back via the Bay trail. It was a bit breezy and being a Sunday most people going around the lake were families with scooters and prams. I was constantly on the bell ringer and such consternation when a bike was going passed. There is a Kororoit bike trail but it stops a few kms from joining this network. The council needs to look at that one.

Lake Inlet 

Sunny New Order

 We found a coffee place nearby to the Alfred. On a weekday there are a dozen coffee spots inside the complex but on the weekend it seems a bit ghost townish.  If the patients need some air then just on the other side of Punt Rd is the New Order. Sounds like a scifi book.  I also recommed the scrambled eggs. Mind you sitting around with a very large scar and a drainage line on display is not a good look, so there was some fashion engineering to be able to go for a walk.  James had the chilli eggs and they had some heat.

Speed Bikes

 The recovery days continue with the docs extending the stay due to ongoing drainage issues.  That means everyone is being thorough. In the meantime grandies need attention so I called in for an afternoon of action.  It was a bit of a surprise visit. We started at the park with some playground tennis and finished in the backyard with trampoline basketball. In between was bicycle racing.  These grandies certainly blew off some steam. Bianca fixed me up with some chicken dinner which is good becuase I have run out of food here.

Ford No More

 I was reading the local paper here where there was an article about the ford up the road being replaced with a bridge.  There were a number of times when I would go that way and turn back because of the water levels. I did go thru one time with my feet raised as I had turned back the week before.  So I got the bike out to see for myself. A nice new bridge much higher off the water but I predict there will be a time where the water floods it again. I continued onto Altona. The tide was way out and the works at the pier area are still ongoing. They claim it will all be finished by this Summer.  Your rates at work.  Jezza would never put up with this delay. 

The circle is around the old Williamstown racecourse

Previously the council couldn't afford to pay

Alfred Update

 Just returned from a morning bedsit.  The area is called the short stay and if you've had some serious incision work then they want to keep you closer internal on the floor near the nurse station rather than on the outside where there are rooms with windows and is much quieter.  Like when the BP dropped suddenly and did not rise much thru the night so they pressed the alert button and within 30 seconds there were six people on the scene having urgent discussions. In the end two bags of saline got the BP back from 80 to 105 but it took all day with no food and no getting up.  The site is battered and bruised and so is the arm where they tried three different spots to get the drip in.  Let the healing begin.