Bart Bear's Blog

G'day everybody. Sorry about the break in posting but we are having a never-ending string of troubles at the moment. First our heating died and it has taken months to get it fixed. Then Dad's hip operation, which went so well, developed complications. The poor old coot has developed a huge DVT in the other leg and has had daily visits from nurses who jab him in the tummy with needles. He has to take tablets that he says are modified rat poison to eventually dissolve the DVT. His leg swells up during the day. I think it is interesting to watch, but he is going to have to wear a special stocking for ages to fix it. Mum has to wear one of these too so they will be a matched pair. Mum has been off work on carer's leave helping me look after him, and they have changed her work around while she has been away. And to top it all off, my computer died a week ago and it has taken ages to get it back up. We had to rebuild the operating system and then try to find all of the backup files; some of them seem to have disappeared forever. And before I can prepare more pictures for posting I need to buy a later version of Photoshop because the old one won't run under the new operating system. Like I say, one cussed thing after another. Anyhow, here's a picture of Dad in much a happier mood. It was taken in the little Scottish town of Pitlochrie on a freezing cold day. Mum had just found a warm, thick fluffy cap for him and he was really happy with the world. Let's hope it is not too long before he is back to his happy self, because at the moment his grumpy times are driving Mum and I crazy.

Labels: family, Scotland