It’s now 8 days since the accident and Nina’s recovery is well underway thanks to the excellent staff here at Cartagena University Hospital Santa Lucia
The time spent with her parents and Martyn helped us both in so many ways
Lynda supported Nina during the days whilst the guys drove me around the area getting provisions, viewing Max, collecting essentials from the RV and vitally making contact again with the local traffic police for more accident info
Our days have passed quite quickly really and we have a routine...
The nights have been fine and quiet for us as three of them were spent with no patient next door
I finally gave up on the recliner and accepted the fact that I simply had to use the empty bed in the room for the sake of my back and being better able to tend to Nina’s needs during the night
Nina’s injuries are healing nicely and her face has lost much of the swelling with the good work of the stitches becoming more evident as healing debris is removed from the wounds
Her leg is the main focus of attention now and she’s been on painkiller drips and occasionally morphine injections for most of the time. Only today (Christmas Day) has the drip been removed and pain relief now based on Tramadol and occasional paracetamol tablets
No oxygen required now and all vital signs running at normal levels
My bedpan duties are now perfected and standard practice throughout the day and night and touch wood no accidents to date😀
They’ve redressed the leg twice now and the surgeon’s work to my untrained eye looks first class
Nina of course can’t look and who can blame her really but at this time she’s so positive about the future and inevitable scarring she’s a legend in her own right
Sure we’ve had many joint crying sessions and times when the pain has been awful for her but she is so positive and we both can see us returning to a normal lifestyle quite soon
They gave us the option to leave yesterday morning to our amazement but we politely declined as she was just too poorly and exhausted so think that tomorrow may be the day we are transferred back ‘home’ to the RV
She’s been sat up in bed today, legs out and has had the luxury of having her hair washed by one of the superb nurses
Some random shots followed by the best shot of all...
My amazing beautiful wife ❤️❤️
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