Peace and quiet

The move went well.
All 45min or so of it, including my mates going back for the rest of my stuff.


I was truly surprised when i got wheeled thru the door.

I was thinking another room, maybe a bit bigger. But i found myself in a house. Big open plan room with huge double bed in the corner, couch in the opposite corner, and kitchen to the one side.
A bathroom, and my own little veranda!

Really nice!

My first night was a difficult one though, as the mattress i had been given on the bed was so worn i could easily push my hand thru to feeling the base underneath! I hardly slept, and when i woke up in the morning i could hardly sit up the pain in my back was so much!

So i complained and got the mattress changed for another. Much better than the first.
I also am still waiting on my fridge. I was promised it yesterday, but it never arrived. Then the due date was this evening, but once again nothing arrived. So, i will have to try chase that up tomorrow. The usual here. Nothing new.

I slept most of yesterday afternoon as i was tired from the night before, so i didnt unpack or do much in the house.

This morning i had breakfast and exercises, and then set about unpacking my bags and sorting things into drawers, etc.

I'm loving the space here, as i can easily fly around the room in my wheelchair between bags and drawers and bed. Am getting a lot better at manoeuvring around now.

Digna, my helper has been really good and has been cooking for me, even though i dont have gas yet, and no fridge. She has been cooking sum things at hers and then preparing the rest here for me. She has also had quite a job with helping clean and sort things out. Tomorrow she will go to the main town half an hour away and buy me pots and pans and cutlery, dishes, cups, etc, as the house came unfurnished.

Hopefully the fridge will arrive tomorrow and then i can start keeping food on hand for cooking. Still need to get the gas canister filled, which is a half day job. Someone comes here on a motorbike, picks the canister up, ferries it to the refill station, 20min away, and then brings it back full for you!

My mom has gotten back to me about their meeting with a specialist orthopaedic surgeon. He has looked at the xrays and has said that the work is not of the best quality and that i will need another operation if i want to walk properly again. If i left things the way they are, i would more than likely walk with a limp for the rest of my life!

So, thats the news then. Another op on the cards when i get back home! Lovely. Will have to go thru all this again in a few months time. Doc back home reckons 2 days in hospital while they use state of the art equipment to repair everything, and put me back together. Then home to recover, and physio at the end.

If it means that i can walk properly again, then i guess that is what is going to have to happen.

I am hoping to obtain written confirmation from him of his findings, prognosis, and cost of treatment back home so that i can use this as fuel for the fire against the hospital costs here.
In SA, the cost of the treatment, using state of the art gear, and computer technology to give you a 100% guarantee of perfect function afterwards, is $8000.
Clinica Canela, in a 3rd world country, using outdated gear to put in my leg, and having not even done a decent job, want $22000! How you can justify this is well beyond my comprehension!

So, i will speak with my lawyers tomorrow and see what i can sort out with them.

At least i am happy in my new home, and the peace and quiet is incredible. Only thing that makes a noise here after 10pm is the cockerels thinking its dawn! But luckily i got used to that in the staff house when i first arrived here, so it doesn't bother me anymore!

8))