So sadly I had a very high temperature overnight - 38.8. They get very worried here if your temperature goes over 38deg. Things swung into action - vast amounts of blood taken from line and vein, swabs taken, doctor seen, antibiotics prescribed. Thankfully by this morning the temperature had come down to a more normal level - 37.5 - and the swabs indicate a viral fluey cold rather than a bacterial infection. I don't feel too bad - just a bit hot/cold and achey - but they will send me for a chest xray just in case and also move me to a side room so that I don't infect anyone else.
Otherwise hospital is quite restful once you relax into it - the food is good (I had another pudding with custard today) and the staff are wonderful. I have read two books and started watching the first series of 'Call the Midwife' which I missed on tv. It is set in 1957, the year before I was born. How things have changed. I have plans for the afternoon - some sewing and making tags for Christmas presents - though I may also just read.
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