Consolation prize

Awarded to myself as I walked away from the hospital this afternoon, decidedly disconsolate. HH was not in such good shape today and is back on a zero diet. He was quite confused, imagining all sorts of things - crowds of people round him and so on. I thought it might have been the effects of his Parkinsons meds on an empty stomach, but the doctor pointed out that the medication had probably been suspended for now. At least HH was compos mentis enough to laugh at himself every time I brought him back to reality. And he looked a lot better after I had given him a shave.

By the way, it took LadyFindhorn to point out that I had HH down as suffering from a twisted but. I can assure you that this is not the case, nor is he suffering from a twisted butt. His not very glamorous complaint is a twisted gut.....

Fingers crossed he'll be doing better by tomorrow. The medical team tell me not to worry and that he's stable, but he didn't look stable to me.