Mary Tolman progress has been happening, I almost have
the centre complete, I am still looking for the perfect centres though
We took the naughty puppy to the beach for a big walk on a
gorgeous winters day
token dog in the ute photo
Miss Walli having a snuggle
then this happened! Background info is I was diagnosed with
'indigestion' around 18 months ago, my 'indigestion' attacks
always happened in the middle of the night, always had me up at all hours
in absolute agony, occasionally I was violently ill from it.
Mid July I had an 'indigestion' attack that would not go away, after suffering for
10 days of constant pain I finally caved and went to the doctor, he sent me for a CAT scan
which showed a rather large gallstone, I was given a referral to see a surgeon and
made my appointment, the next day I was in even more pain, living on painkillers and 'indigestion' pills, eventually I asked Paul to take me to the hospital to get checked out as I couldn't get into my GP until late that afternoon and I wasn't able to eat or drink without becoming ill. After sitting at the hospital for 3 hours I left and came home to wait for my doctors appointment.
Well he promptly took one look at me, called the emergency room and informed them I was on my way, a very uncomfortable 45 minute drive and I was admitted for 3 days of antibiotics, pain control & fluids
day 1 in the ER
day 2
the view from my hospital room (day 3)
another day another drip (day 4)
eventually after 6 days I was allowed home, after my veins
gave out and refused to co-operate. My offical diagnosis was
severe acute choloycystitis and biliary colic aka
severe gallbladder infection & inflammation along with a 2.55cm
gallstone blocking the duct.
I started work again on my Mary Tolman once I was home
I was home in time to see these 2 girlies get academic awards
for semester 1, not that I could drive myself there, I was dropped off
and collected
Mary Tolman is growing
removing all those papers
The centre is joined (finally)
making more hexy diamonds for the corner sections
a corner filler
Appointment with a surgeon, I was hoping for good news
and I got a surgery date YIPPEE
I needed a break from hexagons so I pulled out my Steam Punk blocks to
make some more
the growing stack of blocks
and these are all the blocks I managed to get stitched
plus I pulled out my Confetti quilt to work on
it needed 2 borders and it would be done
sewing the borders on
Ta da
and the rejigged corners, but its not hanging enough on the sides
so I have somethings mind to make the sides hang down further
last Wednesday saw Paul and I head to Canberra, we stayed here
and watched tv in bed after dinner
because the following day was eviction day for my gallbladder
i finally got a coffee at 6:45pm Thursday it was delicious
that night was awful, my BP kept dropping, my O2 levels
did the same so I had to spend the night hooked up to oxygen
to make it worse I was wide awake from 1:30am
I called into see my Friday sewing buddies, I hadn't seen them for
so long because of my health and came home with some delicious
fabrics, Tula Pinks Slow & Steady line, I'm thinking another EPP
project
and these were waiting for me at home, some new backgrounds for
Steam Punk
on Saturday I felt the urge to do some needle turn appliqué so
I found Auntie Greens Garden, and got stitching, I have the side floral
borders and a wave border and this baby will be another finish
stitching with Henry
the final flower stems to stitch down
Tonight Ive prepped al the flowers and berries and I'll
start stitching them down tomorrow, day 4 of my
under doctors orders to sit on the couch, relax and do nothing.
I am following his orders to the letter but I am looking forward to getting
back to my normal day to day life and my Friday sewing girls
