Did you see Ronnies 153?
Morning David.
I doubt he saw it (though I did tell him about it) as he's been unwell all week.
We played golf on Monday, he was 100% fine & normal, but later that evening he was admitted to hospital with severe pains in his chest & upper arms.
This persisted until midweek, he had a couple of really bad nights, then he got chronic fatigue, such that he could barely walk along the corridor to the toilets.
By Thursday he started to recover. I gather it was either a suspected heart attack, or the real thing, I'm unclear which.
When first admitted, he had been referred to the Cardiology Ward & Consultant, but some misunderstanding arose & nothing happened, he just laid in bed in the general ward. So on Thursday he kicked up a fuss & things started to move.
On Friday he was told he'd need to be transferred to Coventry Hospital for an angiogram, & due to Ambulance (non?) availability it might be done at 4am on Saturday.
This morning he told me he was transferred at around 2am, so now he's there & awaiting his angiogram.
Yesterday, the Consultant Bloke cheerfully told him "you'll be able to play golf again in 12 weeks" which I suppose comes under the heading of mixed news...
Throughout, he's been alert & his usual grumpy self, so I don't think he's too bad. Here's this morning's update from the Coventry hospital.....
I've only had drinks and breakfast in Cov but it's definitely a step down. Tea, coffee and hot chocolate all indistinguishable from each other, all like rusty water.
Toast burned on one half and uncooked on the other. I don't mean each side, I mean each half of the same side.
Porridge was Ready Brek, an egg cup full of which was mixed in front of me using lukewarm water from a jug. I asked for sugar for the porridge and he gave me one of those inch long paper tubes containing less than half a teaspoon, so I asked for more and, with a heavy sigh, he gave me one more.So that's where we are.
In all seriousness, it was a terrible shock to his pals & of course to him. He's a tough old bird so it must have been bad, but he seems OK now, though still in hossie. More updates as & when I get them, though he may well Post on here himself, hopefully.
Get well soon Tom, we miss you. A bit.
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