Cass is much improved this week and is managing to get around the house with a walking stick I bought for her last weekend. Although she needed the crutches and wheeelchair at school this past week, she can negotiate the short distances in our unit with greater ease. This week she's luxuriating at home while her friends, colleagues and students are dealing with the privations of the annual Grade 8 camp at Fulong camp grounds:hopefully another full week of recovery will make all the difference.
We had an interesting Friday. I drove Cass over to the local hospital for her regular bloodwork/checks. We used the "Easy-card" to get into the carpark and then wheelchaired between the buildings necessary for her check-in with Dr. Hsu, then some blood taking in another building, before heading over to the cashier and pharmacy. The press of humanity in Taiwan is never more evident than in the public hospital system. In saying that, however, our "priority pass" to medical access means that we don't have to wait in line for long, if at all. The specialists are all delightful and highly skilled....we really are spoiled. I have a funny feeling that it might be a touch better service than we'd get back home (!)
We had a frustrating incident when we returned to the carpark when the backdoor of the car wouldn't shut after putting the wheelchair in. The mechanism had broken. The car is starting to crack up a little but I hope I can nurse it along for a little bit yet. We got that sorted then headed back to school for more "PD". In the afternoon we drove over to yet another doctor's rooms, this time the private clinic of the orthopedic specialist looking after Cassy's broken bone. He seemed pretty happy with her progress, and wants to see her again in a couple of weeks while advising her to start some gentle walking when she feels she can.
Football finals are in their most exciting stage at the moment and we had a crew down at the Patio 84 to watch Geelong bow out of the finals race and miss next week's grand final. In the NRL, Cass and I leaped around the lounge-room (well, I did!), bit our fingernails (that was also me) and sweated on the result (again, me) as the Knights held off a fast finishing Melbourne Storm. Wow, imagine if the Knights win next week? Even though it's a huge ask to beat the awesome Sydney Roosters, if they do the unthinkable and win, I know two people who'll be booking some tickets home for the grand final weekend!
So, as Cass continues her recovery, we were again pretty much housebound. We watched a lot of TV shows on disc while the super typhoon swirled and smacked things around outside. I continued my home-making duties of shopping and washing etc, and I must admit I've started getting used to it!
Not many photos: a homage to Breaking Bad, Cass at her desk, me with the tiniest beer can ever, some flowers I got for a colleague's birthday and a bunch of local "older" revelers on the patio at Patio 84! Cass is reading books voraciously both hard copy and electronically...I can't keep up!