KiwiCat's updates

Who knows?

The plan yesterday was to send me home today unless there was reason not to. I’m now free of all attachments, dressed in my own nightie rather than a hospital gown, and generally mobile. That’s the good news.

On the less fun side, last night was my first night off the IV pain pump and it was Not Fun. I’m still sore this morning, not unbearably so but decidedly uncomfortable.

I’ve seen the doctors who will release me based on today’s blood test results but I still need to be cleared by the pain team and the physio.

Adding to the mess, yesterday the Hikuai rad got opened early, roadworks completed, and si I wouldn’t have the extra long trip home… but then today there’s flooding at Wade Road (just south of town) and a slip to the north, so Whitianga is completely cut off right now. The current storm isn’t meant to pass until about 3pm.

It’s true that the tide is likely contributing to the Wade Road flooding and it might clear in a couple of hours time, or it might not.

So I could be released but not initially to go home.

Quite the adventure I’m having.