have you ever had one of those revalatory moments when you realise that things have, yet again, gone that pear shaped that they wouldn't look out of place in a pear tree. I have just recently. I'm not sure exactly when it happened. Some time in the last two weeks I think. or maybe the last three, I dunno exactly any more. Jude has been having big problems with her flash new Passport feeding tube. Visits to the doctor & the A& E department at the local hospital, produced the initial diagnosis of infection, changed to fungal infection, then back to infection again. She was very swollen & tender around the stoma with a not very nice looking problem that we found out was called granulation. (Look it up) All this was not helped by our lovely neurology nurse being on leave.
It all came to a head on Monday morning. I took some photos & emailed them through. Tuesday morning saw us yet again at day patients with yet another length of garden hose down her throat. The problem was that the fitting had started to work its way out to the outside. She is now back to the good old mark 1 PEG tube. We are both starting to develop the attitude of "If it aint broke, dont fix it." The surgeon is talking about some flash new fitting for January , but.... We dunno...
Jude is a great one for planting vege's. Even when she could eat them, we always ended up with far too much in the garden. She has cut back a lot this year, but we still cant keep up. It gave me a lot of pleasure tonight to give away a beautiful cauliflower, some second growth broccolli & some rhubarb to a dear friend who is finding things a bit difficult at the moment. I must be going soft in the head I think, because I'm starting to find a simple pleasure in planting something & watching it grow. Got to do something constructive seeing as how fishings out at the moment...
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Happy to hear that Herself is feeling better.
Cauliflower is delicious, Flattie; in fact, it's my favorite veggie. Is it freezable? Because if you have a surplus, perhaps you can put some away for later.
It's wonderful that you're getting the pleasure of watching things grow, especially things that can be consumed for nutritional purposes.
I'm jel-loose. Green with jel-loosey. Appropriate, eh? :-)
Hi mate, yeah, you can freeze cauliflower, but would rather have it fresh. Gonna cut the other one this afternoon & cook some of it. Will chuck in a bit of broccoli too & make a cheese sauce. That way I can puree some for Herself & mix with the sauce... Prolly have it with mashed carrots & parsnips & some silver beet, (Swiss Chard to you) out of the garden as well....
YUM . . . can I come to dinner at YOUR house?
Any time you like Babe..
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