Friday, July 07, 2006
Lionel Came Home Today
My neighbor, Lionel, came home from hospital today.
His sister was there to help, and she tidied up his room a bit. There was also a worker from the hospital, who came along to check that Lionel could handle the shower and toilet on his own. They are going to have the shower head changed to a hand shower, and they are organising for meals-on-wheels to supply his meals.
I had a brief talk to his sister, who is also a big lady, and she says the whole family are big people.
Poor old Lionel has suffered multiple organ damage... his heart, lungs and even his kidneys are functioning poorly. And he even has emphysema. Not from smoking, he was never a smoker, but from years of working in a sawmill and breathing in all the saw dust.
They reckon his next bout of sickness will take him out. But until then the man is back, and his two budgies will have someone to talk to them again.
His sister was there to help, and she tidied up his room a bit. There was also a worker from the hospital, who came along to check that Lionel could handle the shower and toilet on his own. They are going to have the shower head changed to a hand shower, and they are organising for meals-on-wheels to supply his meals.
I had a brief talk to his sister, who is also a big lady, and she says the whole family are big people.
Poor old Lionel has suffered multiple organ damage... his heart, lungs and even his kidneys are functioning poorly. And he even has emphysema. Not from smoking, he was never a smoker, but from years of working in a sawmill and breathing in all the saw dust.
They reckon his next bout of sickness will take him out. But until then the man is back, and his two budgies will have someone to talk to them again.
# posted by Davo in Sydney @ 9:42 AM 
