{"id":214,"date":"2007-02-16T16:47:28","date_gmt":"2007-02-16T16:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boraston.net\/blog\/?p=214"},"modified":"2007-02-16T16:47:28","modified_gmt":"2007-02-16T16:47:28","slug":"friday-and-the-crowd-roared-for-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boraston.net\/blog\/life-on-hold\/friday-and-the-crowd-roared-for-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday.. and the crowd roared for more???"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Generator\"…in which case the crowd must be pretty bored! However thank you for the accolade, and apologies for the delay – I seem to have been very busy this week! However as way of appeasement, here is a photo of the other side of the generator, with the connection panel above it. The plugs at the end of the blue lead plug into the generator and the house, with an RCCB (left) and a padlocked isolator (right). This means that It requires a deliberate act (removing the padlock) to use the cable, so reducing the chances of an accidents with one plug put into a live socket, making the pins at the other end live.<\/p>\n

It has been a busy week, with several visitors, mostly local friends. In between visitors I have been making room for the generator in the garage, and sorting out some rubbish. It was a slow process because of my condition, and it still isn’t complete, but I have made a start. The problem is that after a couple of hours of sorting things, I need another two hours rest – still, I console myself with the thought that it is building up my strength. Over the last couple of days I have been building a new computer for Felicity. Building the hardware is the easy and quick bit – the time consuming bit is loading and configuring the software, but it keeps the brain cell(s) ticking over. It is more or less complete now, I just need to copy over the data.<\/p>\n

By the time Wednesday arrived, I was ready to conduct a test to see what the generator would power in the house. It passed the acceptance criteria of powering the two fridges, two freezers, central heating and essential lights, and in addition it was also powering (via UPS) two computers. It then went on to power the microwave as well, although by that time it was struggling, and the lights were dimming. In practice the computers wouldn’t be a priority (although after the comments, maybe the blog hosting computer might be…).<\/p>\n

We spent Valentine’s Day in, and I had the first steak for some months – delicious – eaten with a red wine and mushroom sauce, side salad and chips! I enjoyed a glass of red wine too – again the first for some months.<\/p>\n

I was supposed to go to Guy’s on Thursday, but as nothing much has happened health wise, I postponed it until next Thursday. However we did have a visit from Helen, a MacMillan nurse. This was arranged about 3 weeks ago, when things were looking bleaker, but it was a useful chat. This morning I had another visitor from Andrew, another friend of ours.<\/p>\n

\"OliviaAlthough I said that nothing much is happening on the health front, in the last 24 hours I have noticed that my mouth seems to have become a little more sensitive. We had a mild chilli – so mild that Felicity said she couldn’t taste it, but my mouth could sense it! The same was true with worcester sauce on cheese on toast. I have also noticed that my hands seem to have become very dry. Now that could be because I have been outside a lot, or it could possibly be the start of a hint of GvHd – although it is only two weeks since the DLI, so it is a bit early. I shall be examining my palms daily!<\/p>\n

\"OliviaAnd to finish off, a couple of recent photos of Olivia! I haven’t taken any more video yet, mainly because at the moment she is either sleeping or a bit squawky, but I will do some more at an opportune moment!<\/p>\n

So to conclude, thank you for your comments and concern, and … Onwards and Upwards!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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