A lot of stuff happened since the last time I wrote. Let’s see…
Katy and I went to the Pub to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Since it was a special occasion, we went he rules a bit and Katy indulged in her first naughty pudding in ages.
The Sky engineer came on Friday morning to install our shiny new Sky+HD box. This means that we can now timeshift our favourite shows, pause live tv and watch the HD channels on our shiny new tv :) The whole thing started when we wanted to get a regular Sky+ box to record shows but were unable to order one because the website melted down. We could order an HD box, but then we realized that our old tv didn’t have the right connectors to take advantage of the full HD experience. It provided us with the perfect opportunity to get rid of our old tv and get a new one with a much happier disposition. What’s impressive is that the new one is bigger, better and cost almost a third less than our original one. Yay, progress.
We went to Leicester this past weekend to go see Katy’s folks and meet up with Pam. It was a fun morning and she gave us a ton of baby clothes. We should be set for the next little while :) Mel was in full grumpy old man mode. We think that the whole heart bypass experience wasn’t what he expected. He’s getting better, but is still limited in what he can do and it’s starting to piss him off. He cant stand doing nothing and is bored, and therefore grumpy. Katy took the opportunity to get most of her mane chopped off and restyled. She’s happy with the result and so am I. It means that her hair won’t try and smother me in my sleep anymore.
We were finally able to take Tolstoy to the vets last night. He was due for his annual checkup and booster shots weeks ago, but between all of Katy’s trips to the hospital, we were never able to get it done. Of course the charming animal took that day to come in covered in sticky seed pods. As in, he was a giant hair tangle from head to tail tip. The vet was impressed at his phlegmatic response to being held and partially shaved. Normally, cats need to be fully sedated under a general anesthetic when they’re dematted and shaved. Our boy did it sober and didn’t even raise a fuss. We expected him to bugger off and disappear and sulk for a day or so. We did not expect him to turn into a man-whore that night!
Tolstoy, at best, tolerates our presence and treats us with generalized disdain. He’ll deign to be in the same room as us but doesn’t like to be held or fussed on. Last night? He jumped on the bed(!), sprawled on my chest (!!) and spent most of the night sleeping on the bed (!!!). This is unheard-of behaviour. I mean, having Reenie jump all over us and sleep with us is not a biggie these days. But Tolstoy? wow!
Katy and I didn’t sleep well though. We both went to bed with a case of man flu. It came on in the early evening and just got a bit unpleasant. Sore throat and stuffy-and-runny noses. Made for some cracking snoring from Katy. It’s better today though. We’re making sure to keep well hydrated, and advil/tylenol keeps the aches at bay.
We went to Addenbrookes today for Katy’s scans and various clinics. Ben has been very active in the last few days. This is a good thing, because it’s the best sign that all is generally well, but it has the less pleasant side-effect of making it hard for Katy to get a full night’s sleep. The scan shows that Ben has gotten bigger. He’s now at the top-range of normal and is 2.2 kg. The diabetic clinic nurses have told Katy to increase her insulin levels because he’s putting on a bit too much weight so it’s going to be important to keep an even closer watch to her sugar levels. A bit of good news: her liver levels seem to be settling. They were lower today than at the last reading last week.
We had a bit of a scare with her blood pressure, which was at 160/113 but when we went to the MFAU to get serial blood pressure checks, we got 5 readings at or around 120/75. Katy’s blood pressure has always been nothing if not erratic, but we even asked the midwife to take a manual reading to confirm the good news and it was 120/80. Go fiigure… The good news is that she didn’t need to get admitted today :)
Hopefully, things will continue in this trend and we won’t have any issues to go see Bill Bailey in London next week!!