This has not been my week...

[watervole]

This has definitely not been my week. I'm sitting here, feeling completely sleep-lagged while Richard is in Bournemouth hospital. He started to feel unwell round about 11.30 last night. We phoned NHS Direct who said to take him to A+E, so we went to Poole hospital. After he'd been seen all the usual stuff, they decided he'd be best going to Bournemouth hospital (as they happened to have a relevent specialist there in the middle of the night.) Drove to Bournemouth and saw a doctor there around 3.30 am. I got back home to bed around 5am. I had to be up in time to tell the office as soon as they opened that Richard and I weren't going to be working in Hampshire today and they would need to find someone else at short notice. Net result was I got about two hours sleep.
Just to add insult to injury, the venue we've had to miss is one of our favourites that only comes available at rare intervals.
Got a little bit of sleep this afternoon, but was woken by one of my son's friends phoning to see if he was home.
The good news is that Richard says he hopes to be home later today or tomorrow. (It seems likely the infection he had last week resurfaced in a somewhat painful part of the body) He's on antibiotics and painkillers.

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I'm organised as long as there is something I can do. Things like driving to the hospital, explaining things to reception staff and doctors, making sure I've understood the answers, driving to the next hospital, explaining to a new set of staff. I can do all this and remain calm as I have something that I can do that will at least help the situation a little. Besides, keeping calm is good for the person I'm with. If I can keep relaxed, then it's easier for Richard to cope.

It's when I'm home and the situation is totally out of my hands...

Like worrying about trains, because there's nothing you can do personally. However, if you ever hit that one again, you can relax. British trains are extremely safe (far safer than travelling by car or plane) but they often run late. I never worry until the delay is at least two hours . When going by train, I always take a large bottle of water and a book - you never know when you're going to need it.