Day 19. Thursday 14^th June, 2007.

Left Marchwood and drove to Eastleigh to visit the Thursday edition of the Eastleigh market. Pretty good. We bought some gammon, a pound of cherries for a pound, and a piece of jewellery for Rosemary – I’ll try to do it justice in a photo. Then Rosemary continued to explore the street shops while I ferried purchases back to the car. Rosemary didn’t even make it to the “Swan Centre”, despite the nearly 3 hours we spent there. Then back to Marchwood for lunch and then to Landford. Had barely reached Landford when I had a phone call from Zena. Zena had taken Mum to Southampton General Hospital to have a heart monitor fitted. Zena asked Mum if it was OK to park in the car park and walk from there. Mum said that this would be fine and only later realised that the walk to the hospital proper was slightly uphill. She got a little puffed out, and stopped for a breather. Then on to the hospital and to the coronary clinic where they started to fit the heart monitor. As they were doing so Mum had one of her ‘turns’. This was not caught on the monitor. The nurse completed fitting the monitor and shortly after she had finished doing so Mum had another ‘turn’. This was caught on the monitor and they looked at the record and reported that Mum’s heart had stopped for 3 ½ seconds. They suggested that she be admitted for further observation. Mum, reluctantly, agreed. A doctor suggested that the consultant may recommend a pace maker. Time will tell.

Rosemary had very nobly volunteered to do some ironing. She found Vee’s iron very heavy but soldiered away perched on the window ledge.

We boiled the gammon (converting it into ham) in the afternoon while Ean & Jonathan were in the Winchester at the movies, and Vee at work at the surgery.

Dinner was a spread out arrangement. We had ours at about 6.30. Vee returned about 7:15 having bought and eaten chips on the way home, and Ean and Jonathan phoned up when they left the cinema and ate the moment they arrived back. Rosemary retired a little early, worn out by shopping, cooking and ironing, and I stayed watching an under 21 European championship soccer match between England and Italy. England led 2-0 at half time – it could easily have been a greater lead – but the match ended 2-2.