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The great thing about my kids if we go for a ride on a double decker bus, they’ll think they won the lottery

Love it !!

Love it !!

It’s true!  Kids don’t need trips to Disney and iPads and things. They want to climb the wobbly stairs and press the stop button 300 times. 

Sounds great to me!

The stop button can get a bit old.   

It’s true!  Kids don’t need trips to Disney and iPads and things. They want to climb the wobbly stairs and press the stop button 300 times. 

I loved it when I was a kid as well.  Now that my wife and I have free bus passes we often ride the bus and we still always climb the wobbly stairs and get a front row seat, and cringe when the bus hits low hanging branches.  But we only press the stop button once

I loved it when I was a kid as well.  Now that my wife and I have free bus passes we often ride the bus and we still always climb the wobbly stairs and get a front row seat, and cringe when the bus hits low hanging branches.  But we only press the stop button once

It was automatic doors for me when I was a kid! And riding up and down in lifts! 

It was automatic doors for me when I was a kid! And riding up and down in lifts! 

OMG, when we wee in Florida ALL THAT MATTERED IN LIFE was the lift buttons.  SO ANNOYING “you can press it outside, then you can press it inside”. And then someone would insist it hadn’t been pressed, so the WRONG kid would press it again and war was declared.  FUN TIMES!  We kept trying to pawn them off to others in the lift,  we still have them though….

So far I don’t feel as sore as yesterday but sadly we are cancelling our trip.  My consultant called yesterday and still didn’t have my CT scan and said there is just so much unknown. She doesn’t know how fast the fluid will return until they know what’s causing it.

Needless to say being “stuck” on a cruise ship and either needing to be medivac-ed out or having to seek medical care in Norway (exceptional, but doesn’t scream holiday), would not be fun.

Hopefully we will be able to travel Oct 1 to NYC. No fly orders for me at the moment. We are going to have a nose and see if anything nearby looks good for a few nights this week.

Sorry to hear, but it sounds like the right thing at the moment. Fingers crossed you'll be all sorted and fit as a fiddle for October. My MIL had a medical emergency on a cruise ship that went around the Nordic countries, and had to be medivac-ed. She said it was certainly not anything that anyone needed to experience.

It was automatic doors for me when I was a kid!

I don't think my dad will ever let me forget the time when I discovered the magic of automatic doors at a museum exhibit and kept going into and out of the exhibit to trigger the doors. He and my mom sat down and just let me have that joy for, apparently, quite a while. The security guard also apparently thought it was the the funniest and cutest thing, so let me keep walking in and out with a huge grin on my little face.

I loved it when I was a kid as well.  Now that my wife and I have free bus passes we often ride the bus and we still always climb the wobbly stairs and get a front row seat, and cringe when the bus hits low hanging branches.

Yep. I'm a full grown adult and I still sit in the front row of the top level of a double decker bus and the front row in the first DLR carriage. I will give up the seat if it looks like a kid really wants it (cause we all know they love pretending to drive when they get those seats), but if it's otherwise free, it's totally mine. A woman in her late 30s. Absolutely.

We are making lemonade! 

Yesterday we found a beach hotel in Torquay (none of us have been before) with availability (sea view room) from today until Saturday. Indoor and outdoor heated pools and ON THE BEACH.  So while I’m limited in what I can do before I need to sit and rest (like taking great-grandma with you), I can certainly manage sitting/laying/napping on a lounger by pools and at the beach we don’t have to trek at all to get to. Or watch from my window!  24 hour room service, a restaurant, plus local restaurants should provide a relaxing week.

We left yesterday and spent the afternoon with our friends who have a narrow boat who are currently moored in Bradford on Avon, then drove a short bit to stay in Wells for the night. Friends said Wells is gorgeous so hubby and kids are on a walk and I’m resting after 2 days of over doing it. 

I’m glad we aren’t on the cruise. The antibiotics have not helped the way I hoped they would (trying to not analyse that, I may just need a very long course).  I’m also glad we are having FAMILY time and getting away, within the limits of what I am capable of.

My son can’t wait to chase birds on the beach later (sorry guys, it’s his absolute favourite thing to do).  If we had stayed at home, we would be doing projects around the house. So glad to be away but an “easy” away!

That sounds wonderful KFDancer! Enjoy!

Some good and bad news about my uncle.

The good news is that he's now fully out of ICU, and has been able to completely step down to a rehabilitation hospital. (and apparently, a much nicer room that has much less clinical/sterile vibes)

The less good news is that he needs a heart procedure (which we knew), and we were waiting for his kidney function to improve further because it was too risky to perform the heart procedure with the kidneys in the shape they were in (even with dialysis to help filter out the drugs used during the operation). After further kidney tests and second and third opinions from nephrologists, the verdict is that his kidneys will not regain that necessary level of function. Both are essentially useless - the tissues are just no longer viable. So, he needs to be placed on a donor list for new kidneys, and the heart procedure will have to wait.

We're trying to look on the good side though - the heart procedure isn't extremely time critical, so at least it's not a race against the clock for that. He definitely needs it sooner if possible, but there is some breathing room. And he's not in any pain or discomfort in the meantime. So that's a definite plus. And the staff say he's now a menace in his wheelchair, pushing himself here, there, and everywhere. I was joking I should gift him a bicycle horn so people will know to get out of the way.

We're all taking it one day/week at a time. Best anyone can do.

Oh well - I hope he can get some new kidneys soon! And thank goodness for dialysis, at least.  Glad he’s getting a bit more on the mend!

Wishing him all the best.