Mr M is out of hospital (doing well)

OurCreature · Post by **OurCreature** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 10:05 am

Excellent news, Merry! Mr M and Juliet look very happy in the pic.

Furby · Post by **Furby** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:29 am

Well done Mr merry. What's the point of a kitchen test if he fails it again but gets let out anyway next day might as well just let him go. Is Mr merry well enough to remember what it was.

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 3:11 pm

Great news that he's back home. Did you find out what the kitchen test actually was?
Good that Mr Merry was snapping out answers to Eggheads. I was watching a couple of backruns on iPlayer last night. One question presented to the challengers was "On which flower is the seedhead called a clock." Options were Dandelion, Iris, Buttercup.
There were four of them, having done well in the knockout stages, but they still got it wrong, choosing buttercup!
I wonder how the eggs keep a straight face sometimes.

ForeverAutumn1 · Post by **ForeverAutumn1** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 10:12 pm

I am so sorry to hear about this but so glad he is home!

I hope he continues to improve quickly.

dianakc · Post by **dianakc** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:03 pm

So pleased Mr M is home xxx

Post by **merry** » Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:14 am

The kitchen test was 'making tea and toast'

He may have failed it in the hospital but he is managing fine with it at home! This morning he got his own breakfast, cleaned the kitchen a bit, put a load of washing on and hung it up!!

He is active and lively and mentally totally all there. He has a couple of residual problems - he isn't typing well at present (probably the keyboard is too sensitive for his current rate of typing) although he can write with pen and paper perfectly well.

He is having a visual disturbance of some kind, seeing 'falling tetris blocks' all over the place (a bit of a weird one) which is disturbing - this isn't a new thing, he has suffered periods of it in the past - no doctor has ever been interested - but he's in good spirits and so am I.

The OT team are coming to the house on Tuesday morning - he spoke to them on the phone himself and acquitted himself brilliantly I thought. I'm not sure what they will do or suggest other than getting a grab handle fitted in the shower, which we have known we've needed for some time.

Thank you to all who have sent good wishes here - it means a lot

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Sat Apr 29, 2023 4:21 pm

Hospitals evidently have crap bread and awful tea.

Glad he's doing well. It must be a big relief.

Patience · Post by **Patience** » Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:38 pm

Very good news about Mr M. You must be relieved to have him home and delighted at his progress. Here’s to it continuing.

The Tetris thing is bizarre, I wonder if an optician can shed any light on it.

TRavine · Post by **TRavine** » Wed May 03, 2023 8:36 pm

merry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:58 am
when she got back it was a 4 hour lecture on the cost of watching TV in an NHS hospital.

I wish Mr M had had the option - the poor fellas in Acute Care C had nothing to do at all - I suppose they were considered too poorly - but anyway, the option of even astronomically-priced TV was never offered!

He failed the kitchen test again so whatever it was, seems like he won't be doing it but the good news is, we were able to bring him home yesterday!!!!

He passed his own-home kitchen test as at 6.30 am I heard him up and about and raced down to find him making his usual breakfast, toast and marmalade and weetabix! I was astonished. It's amazing how much more in touch with reality he is now he's back at home among his own things!

I am not an early riser by choice, well, I wake early but have a nice leisurely start with coffee in bed, so this 6:30 am business was not a lot of fun but it is just so lovely to have him home and looking as if he will make a good recovery - cross everything!

Cognitively he seems more or less normal thank goodness, and has been snapping out answers to Eggheads and The Chase faster than the contestants

Thank you to all of you who have wished us well, you can imagine how much that meant to me in the depths of despair and a bit lonely once Juliet went home - you are such good friends - THANK YOU

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What a lovely picture!!! Oh Merry, I am so glad he is home and doing well. I am absolutely certain that with your care, he will soon make a full recovery.

You have done so much, he truly is lucky to have you by his side. Sending a big hug to all of you!!!

Post by **merry** » Wed May 03, 2023 10:16 pm

Thank you Tom. You lifted my spirits throughout those dark days

Philipaholt · Post by **Philipaholt** » Fri May 12, 2023 2:13 am

How lovely to see his smiling face. I'm glad to see it.

Furby · Post by **Furby** » Fri May 12, 2023 8:54 am

I always imagine mr merry wearing a paper hat probably because a lot of pictures have been Xmas at home and he doesn't go on the holidays these days.

Post by **merry** » Fri May 12, 2023 11:11 am

He really rocks a paper hat I must say.

He is doing really well! almost back to normal though I still think it will be a while before he feels confident enough to go back to bowls, not least because obviously he can't drive yet and hates being dependent on others for transport.

The Early Release Stroke team have been amazing. Fitted rails to the tiles around our bath, added a bath board, and come out every week to assess his progress. Lovely, kind, supportive people with lots of practical ideas. NHS - five stars.

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Fri May 12, 2023 2:17 pm

Great news Merry. He must be quite fit to make such a quick recovery.

Post by **merry** » Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:21 pm

Today, I had the horses to do so I left Mr M at Overbury (his bowls club) for a practice. He has not played since his stroke, and is a little.. anxious about it.

Bowls was a huge part of his life. He is a competition player of a high (local) standard, and runs his own team, so this is probably the last hurdle, as he has made good progress in other ways.... so how did it go?

I left him there alone... oh poor Mr Merry! Big landscape, one man on a bench outside the clubhouse:

... drove off to the horses, sorted the horses, returned....

... to find him pleased and happy!

Look at him go!

TRavine · Post by **TRavine** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:44 am

Oh, I am so pleased!!!

Getting back to Bowls is a big step for him and he looks to be having a really good time!

And he looks great! Like a real pro!
I would probably not even be able to lift the ball and then forget to let go and just fly after it. XD

Wildrover · Post by **Wildrover** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:05 am

Excellent - he looks in good shape. The top two photos look like a Spot the Bowl competition - place your cross where you think the bowl is!

Furby · Post by **Furby** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:30 am

Mr merry is cleverly wearing a hat which is essential outdoors these days. I am happy for him he is still able to play bowls.

Very strange bowling green just like in the olden days. Where are the big metal fences to prevent people sitting on the benches.

OurCreature · Post by **OurCreature** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:46 am

Very strange bowling green just like in the olden days. Where are the big metal fences to prevent people sitting on the benches.

They probably do not need them, Furby. Overbury is a little village away from a major road though close enough to Tewkesbury to be convenient. The cricket club and the bowls club are up a little side road that leads to nowhere else. I have just taken a Streetview tour of the village, and it exudes a quietly understated opulence.

Nice to see Mr Merry bowling and happy.

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:16 am

Great news Merry.

would probably not even be able to lift the ball and then forget to let go and just fly after it.

It's relatively risk-free Tom. These bowls don't have holes in them like with ten pin bowling.

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