Last Post from the hospital!

Guess what everyone!!!

I CAN GO HOME!

WooHoooooo!

Dr. B suggested this to me this morning when I told him that I had finally gone for a.... Well you can guess.

I was really happy when he said "we shall consider whether you can go home today or tomorow."

When the doctors came round they confirmed that TODAY!! was the day I was going home.

I repeat Woo Hoo!

But this is not the end. However, hopefully the worst is over but I still have to come every day for a few weeks for bloods and checkups.
When I get home I get to look forward to arguing with my dad about what to watch on TV. I am very lucky that I am going home as a boy came today who is now sleeping, he is SNOOORING very loudly!!!

Keep checking the blog and keep leaving comments. Thank you everyone for your support and comfort. I MIGHT miss SOME nurses HA HA, but I am sure they won't miss me.

Once again thank you for all your support and comfort and I will do a new post soon.

I thought you might like to see the clever picture of the card my drama class from school sent me. Sorry it is a bit blurry.

Quiz

Here is a quiz for all my readers:

Read each line aloud without making any mistakes: If you make a mistake you MUST start again without going any further.

this is this puzzle
this is is puzzle
this is how puzzle
this is to puzzle
this is keep puzzle
this is an puzzle
this is idiot puzzle
this is busy puzzle
this is for puzzle
this is forty puzzle
This is seconds! puzzle



Now read this:

Now go back and read the third word in each line from the top.

Well, I thought it was funny! But then again maybe I have been here too long!!! Check out Young Times using this link www.timesonline.co.uk/youngtimes for more puzzles!

Sunday - day 5 post op

Today I have got out of bed quite a bit and I even went for a walk around Queen's Square outside the hospital. I went with my Grandma and Uncle J. We took a wheelchair with us and I have to admit I did use it a bit but mostly I walked. The idea of moving more was to try to get me to go for a pooooo. Did it work - no, not yet. Still waiting. Never thought there would be that much interest in my poo.

My results are good, my creatinin has gone to 85 - when I started this it was nearly 500!

I have been chatting quite a bit with Sarah and Sue today too on the ward.

My Dad is still not feeling that great from his infection and getting very fed up stuck in hospital. At this rate I will be out before him!
YES!!!!

Q

Freedom at last - Saturday afternoon

Hello everyone,
Today is the first day I feel more like myself again. I have finally had my catheter taken out and even though it was painful, once it was out, I let out a great sigh of relief! It's amazing to be free from it.

I had to move beds back into the main ward. I was quite nervous about doing this because it meant getting up and walking and this morning I nearly toppled over when I was standing up. It wasn't as bad as I thought as the catheter was out and this had been stopping me from doing anything. As soon as I was up there was all this nagging about brushing my teeth by my grandma. I shall hold this against her haha!

My grandma and aunty T have been reading to me this afternoon - a new book called 'Spud' about a boy that goes to boarding school like me. It's quite fun although once again I didn't have a choice in the matter about being read to!!

Please keep visiting my blog. Spread the word. Leave comments! Thanks, Q

This is my hospital buddy. He has a catchy laugh and has helped through the difficult times.

Friday 6pm

I've had a much better afternoon than this morning. I think this is because they took down the IV morphine and now I'm just having tablets. This has helped me be more alert. Also the nausea is gone but the muscle relaxant medicine they gave me this morning to help with this was horrible - it made me feel really weird and cringey.

I had a nice surprise because Mrs. M brought Mrs. DeB with her and I wasn't expecting it. They brought me a special card - my friends from drama class had spelt out the words "Get well Q!" by laying on the grass in the shape of all the letters. Thank you Miss. B for changing your lesson for me! All of the teachers wrote on some pieces of paper saying get well soon - thank you Mr. H for those Maths questions! Mr. G, my Year 6 teacher, brought back an embarrassing memory of when he came to visit me in hospital a few years ago and I was messing around with a toy car. Thanks Mr. G!

I find it very difficult to move to because of the catheter, which thankfully they are taking out tomorrow. It is good for me to get out of bed though because:
A) It's good for me to move around
B) My back will stop hurting
C) They will have a chance to change my sheets
I reminded myself of all these good reasons as I was trying to get out of bed this evening to be weighed. It was much easier than yesterday.

The nurses have all been great and I knew some of them from before, which helps. Katie looked after me yesterday - she went to Fairthorn Manor with me a few years ago on a BKPA holiday. Lots of people have come to see me as well, especially Suzanne, from the clinics and so on. I also feel comfortable with the doctors as they are the same ones I see in clinic. The great thing is that they all always explain everything before they do it and they are very patient with all the questions I have.

Dad is feeling a lot better and the physio made him get up and walk a few steps today. He said this exhausted him. He has had all his lines out now. My bro is also a lot better and I got to speak to him on the phone earlier today.

Thanks everyone for visiting this blog and your support. More to come tomorrow!

Q