Today we got to leave our local hospital but not for long as we were only heading out for short bursts of home leave. Basically George is well enough to pop out but still needs his IV medicine so we're back here tonight and in and out until they're happy with his progress. We really appreciate the flexibility from the East Surrey medical team. It's little things like this that help make hospital stays so much more bearable if and when they're ever possible.
We first headed home only to be called back for an ultrasound of George's arm. Although it's not red or as swollen anymore the ultrasound showed there's still a lot of excess fluid lurking under the skin around his shoulder (to be fair you can also see it's not right from just looking at him!) They explained that if you think of the infection as a sponge, the antibiotics job is to squeeze it all out so his body then excretes it out. However, sometimes with cellulitis the infection can form into bubble like buckets which the antibiotics then can't get into to break it all down. If this is the case they have to be surgically removed or drained with a needle 😲 Thankfully George's arm had none of these so fingers crossed we'll be home soon and back to normal!
Whilst at home on today's mini hospital breaks we spent time playing in the garden, enjoying looking back through photos and of course ended up in Pistachios Cafe in Reigate Priory Park and Pizza Express Reigate for pizza and dough balls! The photos from this Friday last year showed the end of George's first week of Proton therapy! It also made George beam as we relived through pictures of the Fernandina Beach Fire Department seriously spoiling us! (We both also laughed as we noticed a year on and he's wearing the same t-shirt!)
This unbelievably kind team gave us a tour of their American Fire Station. Gifted the boys goody bags filled with stickers, treats and super cute fire hats. Plus gave us a day filled with horn honking, water spraying as well as a trip out around the streets in the cab of their fire truck! We'll always be grateful to them for looking after us! We had to share a few pics tonight as they made us smile so much 😁
Whilst in Pizza Express we also bumped into the kind guy whose bringing a Maserati Gran Turismo to our car show on Sept the 15th at the Reigate and Banstead Town Hall! Remember to mark the date in your diary and pop along to meet the Mayor as well as have tea, cake and a tour of our local Town Hall. (If you have a lovely modern or vintage car you'd be happy to bring along on the day for people to look at then please also do get in touch with us!)
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