Tuesday
Today was the day…
I went to see the surgeon. This was actually the pre-op visit. The next time I see him should be just before 8am on Wednesday 17th June when I greet him groggily from my pre-medicated state. I asked my questions and he put my mind at rest of a few issues. I wasn’t sure of the certainty of the surgery. With more than 50 000 Covid cases in the country, most in Cape Town, I was unsure whether the hospital would stop elective surgery. He said nope – they are open for business. The hospital is very quiet and it’s probably the best time to have the surgery. He usually does 4 or 5 operations on a Wednesday morning. That Wednesday he only has me. So he has to stay Covid free. He said he has regular tests. I have to stay Covid free. I have my test on Friday. Friday is quite a busy day as I have to see the orthodontist for X-rays and for him to take off whatever orthodontics need to be taken off. Then at 1pm, I’ve got my Covid test and at 2pm, in the same hospital, I’ve got a CT scan of my maxilla. Then I’ve got to stay pretty low key and away from too many people until the op.
The surgeon also put my mind at ease in regard to the recovery. Yes it will be uncomfortable but he’s done almost 9000 of these operations so he’s got it down to a fine art both in theatre and afterwards. He does not anticipate any complications. It was all reassuring. I should be able to take a week off and then get back to normal sans normal food. That’s a different story and no doubt one I’ll write about when I am to blogging. I’ll most likely take two days off the blog at least. They say the 3rd days the worst, so we’ll wait to see.
My new tenant for the flat asked if she can move in on Sunday. So, we have to move a bit to finish up there.
Werner worked hard today to baton down the hatches at Echo. A cold front is on our doorstep…
So he’s boarded up most of our floor…it looks like this from the patio…
This is from the stairs…
Then this is standing just above looking down….
We scrambled around the back of the house and in through another entrance on the protected side. This is the view from the entrance. All the windows are boarded up but the balcony entrance isn’t.
It’s amazing inside. Once the weather returns to normal, Werner will cut out the windows and hopefully the window company will deliver and install our windows next week.
And so tomorrow is another day.
Corona Stats – June
- Monday 1st June – 1674 new cases – 22 deaths (17291 recovered/16361 active)
- Tuesday 2nd June – 1455 new cases –50 deaths (18313 recovered/16744 active)
- Wednesday 3rd June – 1713 new cases – 37 deaths (19682 recovered/17051 active)
- Thursday 4th June – 3267 new cases – 56 deaths (21311 recovered/18633 active)
- Friday 5th June – 2642 new cases -60 deaths (23088 recovered/19438 active)
- Saturday 6th June -2539 new cases – 44 deaths (24258 recovered/20763 active)
- Sunday 7th June – 2312 new cases – 46 deaths (24365 recovered/22923 active)
- Monday 8th June – 2594 new cases – 82 deaths (26099 recovered/ 23700)
Total cases: 50879. Total deaths: 1080
2 Corinthians 9:8
God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
The best is yet to come.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
Braces:
1 year and 209 days.