Day 9. Monday, 4^th June, 2007.

Up fairly early then took Mum to Tesco for a big shopping expedition. I’d checked the day before that the store usually had wheel chairs available and Mum sat in one while I (mostly) pushed her around the store, up and down every aisle, while Rosemary (mostly) pushed the trolley. The strategy worked well as Mum was able to do a lot of shopping – we were there for close to 2 hours – without wearing herself out. She is still feeling the after effects of sitting/lying around in hospital for nearly 2 weeks. Now, happily, she seems full of beans. Didn’t do much in the afternoon, but did manage to persuade Mum’s talking video recorder to start operating again.

Another of John’s great meals, and to bed a more respectable hour – on the same day, in fact! Rosemary gradually getting over her jet lag, but it looks as though it will take 2 or 3 more days. As she could no longer stay awake by 8.30 pm she went to bed and left the rest of us to it.