My Facebook post - "Writing with Mr S' permission. Some of you know that Steve fell in the yard on Thursday and was unable to get up. After 4 hrs of lying in a cold, dark, windy, smoky yard (Yes the night of the fire) the paramedics came. He was taken to the hospital and had broken his hip. He had surgery on Saturday and due to the trauma and his mobility issues he will probably be in for a while.
Thanks to all my lovely friends and family for their messages and I'm sorry it's taking me a while to answer everyone, but as everything else is going wrong too, I'm constantly chasing my tail. Siska is in full season making things hard, Beti has it on her due to lack of exercise and has emptied a cupboard, shredded the contents and shredded a rug. I've had a sheep in the top field two days in a row and today had to ask the farmer to come and get her, and the gate into the yard fell off its hinges. "Someone" (Ok Beti) got through the fencing in the garden and into the planted area, and now I've got toothache! LOL Anyway, I really appreciate the messages and I'll update here as often as I can ... Thanks to everyone who are helping me with fencing and gates and generally keeping me sane .. ish!!!!"
Steve is still struggling, because he's been on morphine for so many years, his body is used to it and they are having difficulty getting his pain under control. He's still not up on his feet yet, before he can come home he'll need to be able to stand, walk with an aid and go up two steps. It is suggested that he initially stay in the bedroom and bathroom here, but now I'm not sure if the bed will be high enough or whether it will put the new hip at risk. They have given me a form to fill and I've got measurements to take before I go in today.
morning, but initially considered not bothering. Orin started to sing about 5.30 am ... He may be Blanik Kyriacos, but he's no George Michael.
Beti has been naughty, nothing major, but finding she wasn't in the garden the other day had my heart racing. Still she's as entertaining as every and she was very proud of her handy work emptying the cupboard in the utility room, and the new oblong rug is now square! Thanks to Ian who came to sort out the fencing in the garden for me. I couldn't believe that the yard gate decided to pick this week to fall off the wall. The wood holding it there simply crumpled, again friends came to the rescue, thank you Darryl.
The farmer who came to pick up the sheep was very pleasant, not someone I've seen before, but in getting her out of the field he knocked more of the wall down than the sheep did coming in. Linda and I put our Bob the builder hats on this morning and blocked the gap as best as we could. I'm not attempting to rebuild the wall, knowing my luck at the moment I'd probably drop a large stone on my foot, break a finger, or something, but it will have to be sorted as the fallen rocks now give the sheep a ramp to walk up!
Friends have been marvellous, even offering to come up and walk Beti for me. That is kind, but we have fields and as long as we can keep the sheep out then they have enough for now. Though Mum's mobility is now poor I did manage to take her with me to see Steve yesterday and my brother is coming up at the weekend so he'll visit too. I don't think Steve would be comfortable seeing many people, as is his nature, but it must help to see close friends and family.
I will try to keep the blog up to date, but I guess posts will be less frequent now.
