Please rain!

And after the high, comes the low. Only in this case it was the weather ganging up against me that made me low today. My goodness it was hot today.

The day started ok. I had to take my mother to see the nurse at lunchtime to have her dressing on her leg changed and it was about then that it all started going down hill for me with the heat.
Trying to get mother into the car and out again at the doctors, was a tad too much for me. I don't actually know how hot it was today, but what I do know it was extremely hot and humid and that combination isn't the best for me.
The sweat was dripping off me by the time I got into the doctors and even with my oxygen on... I was only registering 86% this morning... so I was a little on the labouring side while trying to walk.
I know mother wants to pretend everything is rosy in her world so no one mentions the word 'home,' but they needed to know the truth about how she is actually feeling, so we can get any treatment that can help her and keep her safe in her bungalow. But today I came across as the bossy daughter and I really didn't mean to.
Luckily the nurse was on the ball and checked mother's blood sugars, which were rather on the high side. I have to take her for a couple of blood tests at St Mike's on Wednesday and if she is diabetic, which the nurse thinks she could very well be, then that could be a factor in what's making her confused too and making her shaky.

By the time I got her home ad did a load of little chores for her, I was confused. Well not confused , but clumsy and suffering somewhat from the heat somewhat. I don't know whether it is the fact that my blood being thicker, makes it harder to cool down, but today was a nightmare.
At least I got her to chuck away her shoe from last week which was covered in her blood. She had already fished it out of the bin from when I threw it oout last week. Apparently she reckoned she was saving it to show my brother. I know what effect that would have on him and he would have hit the deck before I had counted to 5 as he hates the sight of blood, let alone a macabre souvenir of her cut leg!

When I got back to my bungalow, I had to keep indoors with all the windows and doors open to get a breeze through . This was annoying as my friend Irene had asked me around for a BBQ later on, but I actually felt tearful through the heat. Eventually I decided to go for a drive with the windows wide open so I could cool down that way.
I am hoping that the promised thunderstorms balance this humidity out a bit and I will feel more alive tomorrow, as the thought of having physio in this heat is far from a tempting offer.
Strange how only last year, I could handle 40 degrees in Cyprus with no real trouble, well as long as I was siting by a pool with an iced coffee in my hand!
I really must ask Julie if I can borrow her hoover to blow up the paddling pool that I had brought myself, because sitting in a kids pool at this very moment is a very enticing thought. If the neighbours think I've lost the plot, then so be it.

Lots of love Debbie x