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This morning, Romana woke us up with a loud call, a meow akin to a plea.  Linda and I rushed out of bed and comforted her, we thought that she was choking and could not see a blockage in her throat.   Linda drove with Romana to the vet and it turned out that she was on the brink of death due to a low blood platelet count but this confused us as she was her normal playful self last night. Linda bought Romana home and she will be placed at rest in our garden.  Lucy and River (our other cats) look confused and massively upset. We made the difficult, impossible decision to have our friend who is part or our family put to sleep.  Rest well Romana, you'll always be 'marnie, the best cat ever.

Still not well but this why there has been limited new content Feb 2020. Last week was pretty nasty - if someone offers you a lumbar puncture, I'd highly recommend you run away.   Quickly.  However, the med staff, Matt and Stacey were professional and amazing (from an out patient perspective) If you feel curious about the procedure (and yes, my eyes did weep and I had to bite the back of my hand in order to focus on not moving to prevent spine/nerve damage, you can watch a video of the procedure and what is entailed here ). More tests at neurological unit due in March.  Hoping I will have hired a wheelchair from a local charity by then (I

Since the end of August last year, my life has been on hold somewhat since the death of my mother. Sorting out probate, her investments, the will and her funeral. Finally, my solicitor told me that the completion on the sale of mum's house was completed. I feel strangely empty and relieved as I did not want to ever step foot in that house again. The property sold for a somewhat reasonable sum, not life changing but the money will come in handy and will be added to the monies that she left me after transferring her investments and disbursing the cash to her surviving sisters who were named in her will. I'm still processing the whole situatio