My flabber is gasted .......

....... at 7.50 this morning I get a call from Mum - despite all that's gone on they have told her they are sending her home - TODAY!!!!
Can someone please come and pick her up!

Suffice to say I was on the phone to the hospital in double-quick time to see what's going on ...... seems that as they can't "do" anything else for her and they need the bed she is being discharged ..... I explained I am leaving for Italy today and cannot pick her up

.... oh we can send her home in an ambulance

..... but I have her keys and her purse with all her credit cards

.... surely a neighbour has a spare key?

..... No! And as she lives alone how is she to manage??

.... we can arrange for someone to come in and help her wash etc ....

..... I don't think so ... it's more things like mobility and shopping and getting around ....

.... Oh ....

(obviously no answer to that one)

I told them (with prior agreement with Mum as to what I was going to say) that I would collect her on Friday morning ....

..... well I suppose if that's the best you can manage .... it will have to be Friday then!!

and with that she hung up the phone!!!!!


It really does beggar belief and I am (almost) speechless .... so more updates as and when ..... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr



As usual - last year's journal entry for this date te-taken from my computer screen for today.