The view from the trolley

A day of unplanned immersion in Antrim hospital's emergency dept...
Cutting a long story short, I developed painful symptoms overnight that felt to me like possible appendicitis. Richard and I have spent the day moving from one test to another, and waiting for a diagnosis. Predictably, it's been crowded, and slow. But the staff have been kind and thorough.
Now it's 10 pm, I'm being kept in for observation and R has gone back to the holiday house to get some rest. I'm on a trolley, hooked up to a drip & waiting for a bed...