This time yesterday I had just gotten up from overnighting at the hospital with Merril.
Our plans for the next week are now very different to what they were this time yesterday.  Friday we were heading off on a cruise.  The plan had been, see the doctor, get cleared, and go on holidays while the builder finished our granny flat.
Yesterday changed all that.  Merril had a bit of a turn yesterday before seeing the doctor.  The doctor said it was probably a “settling” but that is what we thought it may be.  It may have been meal related.  But it really changed our plans.  We are now not going on a cruise.
That was Merril’s decision.  I did not want to be the one who put off the cruise, but I must say I agree with the decision.  It may have never happened, but we did not want Merril airlifted off a boat back to Australia.
So both Merril and I have changed our leave.  Ok it is imaginary but for Merril it is now sick leave rather than holiday leave and for me it is carers leave.  Our holidays are still intact.  Just for a different time.
Actually just taking our cruise later would have been the best case scenario for us.  We are trying, but are not confident.  Merril had talked to the company.  They said yes you can postpone the trip but there will be a penalty.  We could live with that until we heard what the penalty was.  The penalty was the exact amount we had paid for the trip.  When Merril pointed that out she was told yes we don’t have a refund policy.
So at this stage that is all water under the bridge, or probably more correctly water under the boat.
So we will be here but incognito for a time.  While I will do all that caring involves, I will do other things as I can.  I have a few tasks I will be able to do while around but the majority of them will not happen through me as had been planned.  The builder has said they are ahead of schedule here and will not be seen until next week.   
So here we are. We do not know what the future holds but thankfully we know who holds the future.

This is different.  I ended up spending the night at the hospital.  Merril knows how things work.  I had rung one place seeking accommodation and was told they were full.  They did not even have a stable they could put me up in.  No surprise there really.  Not many inner city lodgings have them these days.  I also rang another place and it went to message bank.  The hospital provided me with a fold out bed.
Merril had a replacement stent put in.  We are actually both really pleased with the outcome.  Merril has no more pain and question I has as to why this was happening were answered.  So often Merril was freezing on a warm day.  I knew there was a problem somewhere and it was located.
I did come to the hospital thinking I would take Merril home yesterday after the procedure.  The fist sign I did not expect was that Merri was booked in for 2pm after having to register at 10am.  She actually was worked on at about 4.30pm.
Then to see her in a bed wheeled by made me think “I don’t think she is coming home tonight.”  I was right.
Fortunately I had been to the cafeteria to get food.  But I do think they may be in cahoots with the hospital.  I had a BLT and toasted ham, cheeze and tomato sandwich and 2 coffees and it cost me over $33.  I decided I did not want a sandwich there when I saw it was $9.80.  So my thinking is the cafeteria and hospital are sharing the take.  I am thinking that the cafeteria thinks people here may be on their last legs, so they want a cut of their hard earned and inheritance.  They may have decided and are working towards a sandwich costing me all of what I have put away.
But I am glad we now have an answer to what has perplexed me.  Sometime today I anticipate we will be home.

Well here we are.  It is the day Merril has her angiogram to hopefully give us some idea what is going on.  Depending on the result it may mean an overnight stay for Merril.
My mind is sort of not post focused at the moment.  As if what Merril is facing was not enough, I need to do the driving home.  I don’t drive any real distances at the moment.  But this is not about me. I will just be glad when it is over.  I think it is even more so for Merril.  All will be revealed.
Because of the above I thought I would make it dictionary day.  No help at all really.  My finger fell on a word I had never heard of “concelebrate.”  It means, “two or more priests celebrate mass together (esp. newly ordained priests)”.
I confess using the Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary I am surprised my finger feel on that.  It was really something I needed to look up as I have a different tradition.  Apparently it has remained in Eastern Orthodoxy but was not practiced for centuries in the Roman Catholic church.
All these things I never knew about.  I am one that is like “any excuse for a celebration.”  But that is me.  I actually don’t know when I will feel the need to celebrate beyond what is really for me a continual celebration.  That does not mean that only good stuff happens as I am a part of life, and I don’t know what will be dished up, but I do know whatever happens there is a good outcome.
It sounds like it has stopped raining outside.  I need to get stuff together for the trip.  I reckon for me there will be a bit of reading today along with a lot of waiting.  Time to prepare.