On The Island

Ellie slept well, so the pain killer must be helping.

Mal took Ellie for a walk around the cricket pitch and she was fairly lively considering. Meanwhile I went round to the doctors querying what happens next as some results from the blood test are still outstanding. The receptionist told me to fill in an anima form. I told her no, I had walked to the practice and I was not going to do it. I asked her again should I book another blood test while I was there as there was no way I was doing it through their AI reception again..

Her reply was “I am not medically trained”. So helpful…NOT! Finally she agreed that SHE would fill in the anima form for me and asked me what to put!! I replied “exactly what I have told you, that the doc said she would ring me to discuss the results, some tests outstanding” etc etc. By the time I had arrived home I had a message saying a telephone appointment was booked with the doc for 2 weeks time. I don’t think me filling the form in would have progressed as quickly!!

Time for the first episode of Traitors in the evening!

We woke up to rain. Ellie had a bit of a rough night and when I tried to clean her teeth a bit, her mouth bled so I made an appointment to see the vet. That is one good thing about being a member of their “club”, they will give you a same day appointment.

We went along at 12.20 and saw one of the vets who suggested a bit more pain killer and also that Ellie should have X rays and teeth clean and obviously investigating if she needs any extractions. As much as we don’t like the thought of her having anaesthetic, we don’t like her in pain either!

We also have another pain killer to give her along with the Metacam.

On the way out, one of the lovely receptionists said Meg was out the back and would want to see Ellie.  Meg is the nurse who we always went to for Ellie’s weight clinic. She is such a lovely girl and talked us through the possibilities for Ellie. We know how much she loves Ellie and she explained it all far better than the new vet had. So, we made the appointment there and then for Claire (the practice owner, who Meg said was the best with teeth.) It will be the Tuesday 13th. They are very busy.

We had arranged to take Tris out for a meal as it will be his 50th when we are away, so met him at The Jetty in Broadstairs. They do such good fish there. I had monkfish which was so good.

The dessert was equally good. Pistachio and raspberry white chocolate cheesecake.

They really must have an excellent chef and the quality of the food really is outstanding.

And here are the lads.

Then it was a bit of a hurry home to see if Ellie was OK and gave her the additional pain killer.

Mal slept downstairs with her in case it had any adverse effects.

A cricket pitch walk in the morning.  My stomach wasn’t too good so  we had a bit of a lazy day.

At least England won their game in the evening.

A very busy morning at work and then quieter in the afternoon. Jack had his day off and so Karen was in.

We went to Minster and Ellie had quite a walk.

It is a real community park with lots of interesting fruit trees. This one is a medlar…

I went in to Deal while Mal walked Ellie. It is such a vibrant town and lovely just to wander around and look at at the independent shops and of course some good charity shops.

Our upstairs loo walls are quite plain and I took down all the old pictures I had in there and found some new small ones in one of the charity shops. The old ones will go to work on Monday!

I also found some really nice winter trousers.

Not a bad England game but we still lost! It ended up a little like watching Spurs!