Friday 1st February

A bit of a gap I am afraid. The last couple of nights have not been good. The night before last was exceptionally bad. I got very little sleep with the coughing. It is terrible to go through as you cannot stop coughing. I was coughing again last night but I managed to get a little bit of sleep as well, thankfully. After you have been coughing for a while the chest tightens up and becomes irritated, making you want to cough all the more. I now have a couple of options with medication to try and relieve the situation. Hopefully they will help in the future. As I have had hardly any sleep at night I have been dozing off and on for most of the past couple of days. Hence, no blog.

The main aim now is to try and provide overnight cover. Again, nobody guarantees to provide cover night after night. Last night it was provided by St. Francis Hospice, tonight it is being provided by Marie Curie, tomorrow will not be Marie Curie but it is too early to know if St. Francis Hospice will be able to provide overnight cover.

For the past couple of nights a friend of ours who has trained as a paramedic, in the past, and works in that field has come in at 5:30 A.M. in the morning to redress the bandages on my right leg. There are a group of friends who have volunteered to come in at that time to redress the bandages on my right leg, now. I am constantly amazed at the generosity of our friends.

Enough for tonight, I am afraid that I am tired again, so see you all soon.