Can you hear the screams??

I though i'd give you an update on Delmonti's condition. (in fact he has blogged from his hospital bed this morning too)

He had the hip-op on Monday morning, not to be confused with hip-hop which is a long way off for the fella I think. I believe that was all as successful as hoped. In D's own words, "they haven't put an offer in for my shoes, so thats a good sign". He was quite chirpy and chatty on Monday as the anaesthetic hadn't worn off. Needless to say that changed later in the day!

He hasn't really been able to sleep much due to the pain since the operation. Tuesday the physiotherapist had him up taking a few steps and bringing on floods of pain and a great variety of colourful words and thoughts, he certainly has a vivid imagination and vocabulary. No greater moment was this demonstrated than with the catheter removal, which produced a noteable mention in the screeming like a banshee contest. According to the nurses they hadn't heard anything like it since that famous delivery in the maternity ward of baby X, also codenamed 'Melon Head'. The mother was said to be screaming for 17 days and 14 hours AFTER the birth of the baby with the record breaking head.

I do recall mention of horse tranquilizers to beef up the morphine, but i'm not sure if that was just wishful thinking or not. I am quite happy to fund a visit from the vet if he thinks it would help. It should be a simple thing as these guys normally have to deal with moving targets.

I hope the cranky fella recovers soon, and wish him well and a super fast recovery. I've just heard he's been up on the crutches again today so thats a great sign that things are going the right way.

I was hoping to get some celebs to pop in and cheer him up, but sorry mate this was the best I could do.

With appreciation to the cheeky girls for dropping everything in their busy schedules to show consideration to the public like this.

Photo's

Things seem more stable at the moment. The Old Fella (father in law) has after what everyone thought was going to be the end, recovered a bit. This has given us all a bit of mental and emmotional rest for now which was needed. Also it's given me a chance to post again, but i've obviously got a lot of catching up to do. Here's some photo's of things we've been up to that i'd like to share.

The kids are getting a science lesson from uncle Geoff. We had some good fun with explosions and chemical reactions that day.

Taken at Highpoint wood not far from us. We needed to get some freshair and decided on a family walk that afternoon. Kids loved it. Bit muddy though, and I made everyone except me of course take their shoes off before getting into the car. There's lots of these sorts of places to discover nearby. This is the first of many this year i'm betting. In fact this weekend we even went down to the beach and kicked the ball around and chased the waves, making ourselves wet. It was great! I can see it's about time to get the kites out again, maybe this weekend?

This was from 2 weeks back. The kids along with myself and my mate Dave went for a wonder and checked out some of the pools. It had been a sunny day but we didnt get a chance to go out till later in the day. The sun was going down and it was much colder. It's always fun and interesting walking down by the sea though. There was loads of wood along our beach from this shipwreck in Dorset. Amazing how it came as far East as this. Most of it has already been scavaged by locals, and my new decking in the garden is looking a treat. :)