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<blockquote data-quote="BillB" data-source="post: 2264658" data-attributes="member: 9985"><p>Life during the lockdown is not quite as busy as before the pandemic began but it’s not exactly boring either.</p><p>I drove Jackie to the clinic after lunch on Sunday and dropped her off at the entrance. I wasn’t allowed to accompany her inside, nor was I able to visit her during her stay, but we were able to chat on Facetime or What’s app, so she wasn’t isolated.</p><p></p><p>The operation went ahead as scheduled but was notable for the fact that she was in considerable pain, not from the old, badly damaged joint but from the incisions and trauma to the leg caused by the surgery.</p><p></p><p>Every afternoon or evening we would speak to each other and she would relate her progress to date. Her leg was swollen, but her surgeon reassured her that was normal after major surgery. He prescribed pain killers which helped quite a bit. When she asked when she could go home he said what he’d said on her earlier replacement surgery, “You’ll know when you’re ready to leave.” And as with her previous stays, she did know.</p><p></p><p>The beautiful new rehab centre which she’d attended after her earlier surgical procedures was closed, due to two cases of the Coronoavirus being discovered there. The good news stemming from that was that she would be assigned to the medical centre in our village which would be responsible for her rehab. And to make the arrangements even simpler for her the doctor specified that she would receive the treatment at home. And as I write her first visit will be tomorrow afternoon.</p><p></p><p>Germany reopened its borders last Saturday and yesterday we drove over the Moselle for a little shopping in a village called Perl. We picked up some Italian wine, a Pinot grigio, some German wurst called Bierschinken and a couple of other items. It made a nice change to be able to travel and we’re looking forward to the end of the lockdown to go by car for two weeks or so, maybe to Brittany, maybe somewhere else. It depends on how busy the resorts are with a large chunk of the European population probably having the same idea. One of the possibilities we have mooted with my cousin and his wife is that they come over to Calais, we’ll pick them up from the ferry or the Eurotunnel terminal and then tour the Somme battlefields. We’ve been tossing this about for several years but never managed to put it together. First he was running his own advertising agency in St James, then when he felt burnt out and exhausted, he volunteered with a homeless charity in Canterbury which took up a great deal of his spare time. So we’re hoping that this time our plans will come to fruition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillB, post: 2264658, member: 9985"] Life during the lockdown is not quite as busy as before the pandemic began but it’s not exactly boring either. I drove Jackie to the clinic after lunch on Sunday and dropped her off at the entrance. I wasn’t allowed to accompany her inside, nor was I able to visit her during her stay, but we were able to chat on Facetime or What’s app, so she wasn’t isolated. The operation went ahead as scheduled but was notable for the fact that she was in considerable pain, not from the old, badly damaged joint but from the incisions and trauma to the leg caused by the surgery. Every afternoon or evening we would speak to each other and she would relate her progress to date. Her leg was swollen, but her surgeon reassured her that was normal after major surgery. He prescribed pain killers which helped quite a bit. When she asked when she could go home he said what he’d said on her earlier replacement surgery, “You’ll know when you’re ready to leave.” And as with her previous stays, she did know. The beautiful new rehab centre which she’d attended after her earlier surgical procedures was closed, due to two cases of the Coronoavirus being discovered there. The good news stemming from that was that she would be assigned to the medical centre in our village which would be responsible for her rehab. And to make the arrangements even simpler for her the doctor specified that she would receive the treatment at home. And as I write her first visit will be tomorrow afternoon. Germany reopened its borders last Saturday and yesterday we drove over the Moselle for a little shopping in a village called Perl. We picked up some Italian wine, a Pinot grigio, some German wurst called Bierschinken and a couple of other items. It made a nice change to be able to travel and we’re looking forward to the end of the lockdown to go by car for two weeks or so, maybe to Brittany, maybe somewhere else. It depends on how busy the resorts are with a large chunk of the European population probably having the same idea. One of the possibilities we have mooted with my cousin and his wife is that they come over to Calais, we’ll pick them up from the ferry or the Eurotunnel terminal and then tour the Somme battlefields. We’ve been tossing this about for several years but never managed to put it together. First he was running his own advertising agency in St James, then when he felt burnt out and exhausted, he volunteered with a homeless charity in Canterbury which took up a great deal of his spare time. So we’re hoping that this time our plans will come to fruition. [/QUOTE]
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