A busy week or three

That weekend on Saturday, 25 July, I was booked to do something for myself! When I was young I used to love reading books about the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. A few years ago I discovered a website that was re-publishing the books Girls Gone By publishers. Through them I found a lady who imported the books to New Zealand and that there was a local group that met to discuss the books and socialise. So I joined! I'd realised that it was only a few short years until I would not be involved in Home Education and my two youngest may be out in the world doing their own thing. So I wanted to meet a few new people before that happened. At the first meeting the ladies invited me to also join the group that met to discuss "The Abbey Books" by Elsie J.Oxenham. I hadn't read any of the books but as a lot of the group were the same folk I decided to join. This Saturday was a meeting in Palmerston North. I was lucky enough to get a ride with B who was going.

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This was the book that was being discussed. I don't have many of them but had been given a disc by J with quite a lot of the books on so I was able to read it. We had a good drive up, a great meeting and a good drive home.

I'd had a text while I was away asking if I was home . . . well, no, but Boar was. Jester and Frosty had some wood for us. By the time I got home it was all stacked.

Locket had helped to get the wood from the truck, it was in rounds and Jester split it. When I got up into the house Locket was sitting with her foot up. When she had to move . . . she hopped. She had accidentally stood on a piece of wood, when she went to step over it, and had rolled her ankle into the gutter! Since she couldn't walk on it I said we should go get it check out at Kenepuru. But she didn't want to, wanted to see how it was the next day. I did make sure she iced it and kept it up.

The next day it wasn't any better so I insisted we have it checked. The doctor who saw her ordered X-rays. He said he though he could see a line but wasn't 100% sure. Locket was given a tubi-grip bandage and crutches and instructed to keep off it. An appointment was made for her at the Monday afternoon fracture clinic at Kenepuru for a week after the injury. We were hoping it was just a sprain. So that meant both Locket and Brains were on crutches!

It was quite entertaining taking the pair of them to the shops . . . they got quite a few glances.

On the Tuesday, 28 July, Brains had physio again. This time with Jason. He hadn't quite caught up with Brains' injury, and when it was all explained realised it was a bit more serious than he had thought. When Brains took off the moon boot Jason was a bit startled at the amount of atrophy and said that Brains needed to start loading on the leg. I.e. not using the crutches at home just while he was out and about. Brains was also given some excercises to do.

Thursday Pa had his 3 month check with his doctor. His weight was up a bit and he had quite a bit of swelling in his lower limbs, plus was a bit breathless. He was prescribed some Prednisone, to be taken for 3 days and then discontinued. We then had to weigh him once or twice a week to keep an eye on it. If it went up too much . . . a few days of Prednisone. It seems his heart may be having a bit of trouble coping, fluid can build up and increases the weight. The Prednisone increases output . . . in other words makes you pee!

As the week progressed Locket started putting some weight on her foot. It still hurt but not too much. She did still need to use the crutches though.

On the Monday, 3 August, we went to Kenepuru Fracture Clinic in the afternoon to get Locket's foot checked. We were hopeful because she was able to put some weight on the foot. The doctor had a look, asked her if it was sore "just here" putting pressure on exactly the right place, which bought a resounding yes from Locket! Then the doctor said, "That's because that is where the fracture is." Locket's face dropped a mile. She had fractured a metatarsal! The doctor asked if she could walk on it, and so Locket showed him she could. He said the fracture was stable, not displaced and it wouldn't displace. So she had a choice: she could have a cast, or just use tubi-grip and crutches. Well, having seen what happened to Brains' leg with six weeks in a cast she chose to go with no cast. She was less than impressed when he also said no dance, until the foot told her it was ok. And, no, she wouldn't be able to do her dance exams in around 5weeks time! Locket was pretty devastated to hear that! And pretty determined that she would do the exams!

Here's a photo of the pair of them fooling around on their crutches.

The next day we had the inaugural Wellington Home-Education Network (WHEN) teens meet-up. We're trying to get a regular group going. There were around 9 young folk turn up. I'd organised the meeting and so had made the first part at the Porirua Hospital Museum. It was a place we could go to whatever the weather was doing. It was a really interesting place and I'd like to go back and look around again.

On the Thursday I met up with a client in the city who had a sewing job for me. We had a preliminary discussion and sorted out a time to meet up the next week.

Saturday I went to meet another client, and spent quite a bit of time with her discussing ideas and taking measurements so that I would be able to draught the garment. Sorry no more details! Eventually they'll both be blogged about on my other blog Alyz Creations.

The following week we had a meeting with one of the parents from the studio. There were a few things that needed discussing. Every so often issues come up that need sorting out. Not very often thankfully. Hopefully things have been resolved.

The next couple of days went pretty much as usual. Brains had physio. The first few times he had gone every few days, but this time it was a week since he had been, so progress made. He was also doing the stretch class at the studio, with strict instructions as to what he could and could not do.

Thursday evening, 13th August, after dropping Locket and Estelle at Girls' Brigade I headed across the city to meet up with the first client from last week. I had some samples and patterns to show her, further discussion as to her garment, and measurements to take. It was a good meeting and I left around 8:30pm. MF lives near the sea, there was no wind and it was a lovely still evening, especially for that time of year in Wellington.  :)