A busy day

Finally I'm up to date.

Today was a good day.  Mind you, after such a traumatic day yesterday with everything that went on, it was a relief.

Alex managed to get some sleep between visits from the vigilant nursing team.  He did eat some breakfast so it was a good start to the day.

By the time we arrived this morning, Mark was already there.  My usual routine has become to call Alex as I'm arriving at the hospital to ask if he'd like a coffee from the downstairs cafe.  This time, he answered the call with "one for me and a Short Black for Mark please", which was quite funny.

I was with Tracey and Mike, and we'd been to the Telstra shop in Newtown where Mike made sure I purchased the best dongle so Alex could have his laptop and internet access while he was cooped up in bed.  Tracey also had her home made honey sponge filled with cream packed into hospital friendly containers.  I called to cancel their visit yesterday, and the timing was perfect because they were just about to leave home.  Alex was lucky that their taste testing only involved half of the cake!

So Alex was following the dietary leaflet with his morning tea of coffee and cake.  The cake disappeared in record time.  Mike set to work installing the dongle and configuring his laptop.  Mr. and Mrs. Hage arrived with a flask of Mrs. Hage's delicious home made chicken soup and I think that the nurses thought there must have been a party in progress.

Alex did manage to doze after everyone left.  It's both enjoyable and exhausting.

Lunch was another piece of Tracey's cake.  Afternoon tea was coffee and yep, another piece of Tracey's cake.  Dinner was Baked Bacon Macaroni and the hospital sandwich has been preserved for breakfast tomorrow.  Of course a bottle of water and the Dutch supplement drink was also added to the day's intake.  So all up, it was a good day.