Dr Hew and the Flu Jab.

So........I rang Marie at 9.00 am this morning at Dr Hew's Surgery......Oh, the difference!I admit that if I were a Doctor's Receptionist in Bangkok I would be nowhere near as good as the Thai Receptionist Dr Hew employs for two days a week......so 'hats off' to her for that, but Marie is so efficient......like an Audi car....'vorsprung doktor technik'.I asked if Dr Hew could come out to see Dulcie as we have not had a very good weekend. She went off to speak to him and came back to say that he couldn't as he had another appointment but that he would ring later.He did, about 10.00. I explained about Dulcie's pain and her continuing constipation. He recommended prune juice or pear juice. (I knew about the effect of prunes but was surprised about the pears!) He was going to write out a request for a 'cat scan' which we could collect. I asked him about her getting her flu jab but he said that it was best to deal with her pain before giving her that. He rang off without saying he would be coming another day and I felt a bit let down.Shelley, Dulcie's granddaughter arrived with her son Phoenix....

Could he be any cuter?

Shelley is getting married in a few weeks and we are all going up to the Sunshine Coast for the weekend as it is a 'beach wedding.'

Just before lunch the phone rang and it was Marie. The patient Dr Hew was due to see had ended up in hospital so he was coming to see Dulcie after all.

She had been fine all morning and enjoyed her visitors.

"Make sure you moan a bit when he is here," I said.

He arrived just before 1.00 pm.

"How is your pain, Dulcie?"

"Oh, not too bad Dr Hew."

"But is has been bad hasn't it," I butted in.

She looked hard at me but said nothing.

"And have you been coughing, any shortness of breath?" Asked Dr Hew.

"No, Dr Hew," she said.

"Well, you did have a cough in the last few weeks but it has been a lot better recently hasn't it? But, apart from getting short of breath when moving you have not really been coughing have you?"

Another hard look.

"And she hasn't been to the toilet since last week Dr Hew" I continued.

"And I have been eating my veggies," it was her turn to butt in.

"Yes, we have been trying hard to give her lots of fibre," I said.

"And fluids?" He asked.

"Yes," I said.

"I always have a glass of water beside me," she said.

She was looking too well and wouldn't she just when Dr Hew had come all the way over from Eight Mile Plains.

"But it is the pain that is the biggest concern," I said. "She is fine when she is sitting still like she is now but when she moves it is agony. In fact, it has been so bad that at times you have said that you can't stand it, haven't you?"

She looked hard at me and said "I'm not telling you anything again."

"I'm only being honest because I am trying to help you," I said. "The thing is, Dr Hew, she is scared you are going to send her to hospital."

"Oh, there is no need for that......as yet." He added. I heard the '....as yet' but thankfully Dulcie didn't.

He had brought the CT scan request form over for us and....

"I've got your flu jab too," he said flourishing a large needle that would have made Will faint.

(They have only just been rolled out here today as well so it is good that she has had it so early.)

He gave us a prescription for more Movicol and said to get in touch if we needed more Endone and away he went leaving her to her banana sandwich.