And then the JR again

After two weeks, Mum returned to us from Witney hospital. Another two weeks and we had just about restored her, got her eating again and even, finally, got her eyes tested. Two weeks after that, the glasses arrived. Five days later, Mum was rushed back into the JR with a strangulated hernia. We did not dare send the glasses with her.

At first all seemed well after the operation but a couple of days later she had a heart attack, all her beats and pulses stopped and she flat-lined. They resuscitated her, at the cost of a few ribs. Twice we went in to say our last goodbyes, but every other day she revives. Now it's June and we're still waiting for a place at Witney. Mum must be the longest ever resident in the Surgical Emergency Unit, but they are treating her well. And we have trusted them with the glasses, which they've bar-coded.