Doctor Vampire

Another terrible nights sleep last night for me at least. Huffle kept waking me up to tell me how bad the wind was outside. He said he only did it because he assumed I was awake like him as it was howling so bad! Bloody idiot I wasn't awake until he woke me. So annoying! When I did get back to sleep he woke me again by breathing very loudly or snoring. I was also extremely hot as despite the huge winds, there seemed to be no air coming through the open windows.

The boys went off to school, Smallest for only an hour until we picked him up and took him to doctors. This morning, Huffle, Smallest and I all had appointments at the same time. We all went in together and Smallest got to go first. Our Doctor was dressed as Clark Kent for Halloween (love how Halloween costumes here are never scary ones, just whatever you want to dress up as, one of the nurses was a Frozen girl and the other was Elmo). Smallest's immunisations were all up-to-date, his back was looked at because he fell off the sofa the other day and his back hurts when he runs - it was fine just bruised, and he is booked in for an allergy test.

Huffle went next with his sore back. I think Huffle was expecting some physio sessions but instead was sent for blood tests to check for Vitamin D (or the lack of), Rheumatoid Arthritis (poor old soul) and a number of other things. He was also sent off for X-rays to have a look what is going on in his back. As soon as the doctor mentioned blood tests, MrHuffle's face drained of all colour. Luckily his phone rang and he had to go to the waiting room, giving him time to collect his thoughts and steady his nerves (poor thing has never been very good with needles and blood but the nurses are really good and Elmo looked after him and gave him a lollipop).

I went next and was informed that the doctor didn't think I had the flu but was probably more likely to be a virus and I just need to wait it out and it will go. My 'hotness' could be part of the virus and could be pre-menopausal - oh joy - one good thing is that our Doctor is a Hormonal specialist and is very happy to sit and chat and help, but only when my virus has gone. I had a throat swab (which tested my gag reflex and revealed I had none) and a urine sample taken and various prescriptions renewed and went and sat in the waiting room with Smallest whilst Huffle had his blood taken. I made Smallest's face green for his Halloween parade back at school and then drove him back to school and back to the doctors again (20 minutes each way) to pick up my prescriptions and Huffle.

.....before his green face

Huffle had to get straight back to work and had various calls this afternoon so I had lunch by myself and then went off and walked in the forest with NoCustard. We had a lovely walk and a long chat. I love my walks with her.

The boys had had a good day at school. Smallest took part in the parade around the Hamlet but Small was too old to go. Most of Smallest's green face had worn off. He called his friend and we picked him up and they played fo a couple of hours outside with the football, on the tampoline and on the Wii, table tennis and table football.

Small and Huffe had an early dinner and then went off to football. Huffle coached again. Smallest and I had our dinner when his friend went home and then we watched part of Nanny McPhee's Return (in the UK this film was called the Big Bang but they changed the name for Canada and US - how silly).

 

 

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