Peter’s Hospital Diary

And what a glorious weekend it was! It looked a bit overcast this morning, but the sun is now shining as strongly as ever!

This week sees middle daughter’s birthday, so for her birthday we went and had a picnic at Goodwood races on Saturday. It was another glorious day – very hot, so it was a shame that the air conditioning im the car chose that day to fail. However it didn’t detract from the day, with sunhats in evidence. We took one of Kt’s friends, Kim, and they did quite well with the bookies, with Kt ending the day £25 up! I made £7! (Kt – middle daughter – is on the right) I had to take suitable precaustions to protect my still delicate skin – just as well as thetre was a little sunburn in evidence – even with the factor 25!

We had another BBQ yesterday – with continuing research into the taste of Pimms! Funny that although my sense of taste is slowly getting back to normal, my sense of smell is still impaired. There are some roses in the garden that I am assured have a strong fragrance – but I can’t smell them at all!

I forgot to mention in Thursday’s post that the next check up will be in 3 weeks time – the intervals are slowly increasing! My bllood counts from the previous vist were OK – my kidney function is still very slightly impaired with slightly elevated Creatinine levels. Creatinine is a waste product produced by muscle (the creation of muscle rather than from muscle function) – there are some more details here. A Normal upper level is about 105. Mine last time was 130, the time before it was 112, so it is only just outside ‘normal range’. I’ll just have to drink more! (water!) My liver function pretty much back to normal – still slightly elevated enzyme levels, but nothing that I will make any practical difference to my life style (I don’t have to give up Pimms!)

Better go and book the car in to have the air condtioning fixed!