November 16th

By -
We had another visit from Linda Speight this week, at the end of her stay in NZ. She arrived on Monday evening and Claire and I took her to the airport on Wednesday evening for her flight back to the UK. In the two days she was with us she fitted in a shopping expedition, hair cut and canyoning (which seems to be mainly abseiling down waterfalls.

Nicky has had another visit to the doctor about her shoulder. If they do nothing she will probably end up with a frozen shoulder; they could operate but this is probably overkill; so she is having a steroid injection as this looks like the most suitable treatment. Hopefully this will happen this coming week, which would be very convenient with us being on holiday.

I combined my two afternoons off this week and took the whole of Friday so that I could do a modeling job for a group of full time artists in Ponsonby which I enjoyed, and have an additional day to our holiday.

Claire was at work on Saturday, but we had a good relaxing day on Sunday. The weather was sunny and windy, and Nicky and I took a walk to the beach which is now about 20mins away. So here's a few pictures for you:






Bye for now, Rick.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hi there,
glad to hear you're all getting on okay. Could you e-mail your new address please?
We are okay here but getting ready for a cold winter!!
Best wishes, Edwina, Markus and Eleanor
November 19, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Challenging week

By -
Image
 It has been a challenging week. At the beginning of the week Nicky was still getting worse, so she arranged an appointment with the GP on Tuesday afternoon. The GP confirmed that Nicky had bronchitis and sinusitis, but that her chest sounded clear. With the infection being viral, there was no medication that could be prescribed, but some additional painkillers were in order to manage the symptoms and assist with the pain caused by congestion, coughing and vomiting. As the week progressed Nicky started to improve slowly. The periods of incessant coughing and coughing induced vomiting started to subside yesterday. She was able get a little more sleep and keep a little more food down. The washing machine has been very busy with regular changes of PJ’s, dressing gowns and bedding. Some of the laundry has been dried outside but the winter weather has deteriorated over the last couple of days. While Nicky has been unwell she has cancelled all her commitments. I have been running errands...
Read more

Tea and Tissues

By -
Image
 We have had a quiet week at home, doing jigsaws and listening to Harry Potter. Nicky seemed to be getting better at the beginning of the week but it was short lived. As the week has drawn to a close she has actually started getting brighter and felt like doing some things round the house. Nicky got dressed for the first time this week on Friday to go to the hospital for a blood test, and we did a little shopping on the way home. Yesterday she made a couple of lemon cakes and delivered one to Eleanor for her birthday. Nicky found the few minutes walk there and back exhausting. Meanwhile, I gradually got worse through the week until Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday I ploughed through a whole box of 240 tissues, and most of a packet of throat lozenges. Paracetamol helped with the general aches and temperature fluctuations. This weekend is the first time I have done my morning exercises in over a week, and I even managed a short amble this morning in the lovely (almost spiring-like) ...
Read more

Easter

By -
Image
 Steve continued his convalescing with us at the beginning of the week, and continued to improve each day. He decided to start the journey home on Tuesday by driving to Te Kuiti. As Monday was going to be his last evening with us he provided another take-away dinner from the Spice Guru, which we enjoyed as much as the previous one. Steve and I were a little early collecting it, so while we were waiting I was having a look at the buildings at the bottom end of Victoria Avenue and spotted this: I think Whanganui rivals Napier for the quality of its Art Deco architecture. Before Steve left on Tuesday morning, he and Nicky went to the Splash Centre to have a wallow in the thermal pool. This had been recommended by Nicky’s physio when she had seen her on Monday. Nicky had a short swim too and they both enjoyed their time. We were very pleased that Steve felt sufficiently recovered to start his journey home, as it was not good seeing him in as much pain, as when he first arrived. It was ...
Read more