Unfortunately the COVID cases seems to be rising again, top spot currently held by Blackburn and Darwen, with an infection rate of 432 per 100,000, which was a 21% increase on the week before.
In my area we’re in the 0-3 cases category where they don’t publish the data, hopefully it will stay that way. However, looking on social media some people seem to be acting like it is all over, I also see a lot of people wearing masks under their chin – sigh!
Will be interesting to see what happens next month with the governments aim to remove restrictions from the 21st June.
A positive experience – COVID Vaccine
After being so ill following my first AZ vaccination, I wasn’t looking forward to the second. This time it was at the Totally Wicked Stadium in St Helens, which was advertised as being accessible.
The stewards went above and beyond to be helpful, when I asked for a disabled parking space and they saw I was on my own (wheel chair on the passenger seat). They suggested I parked right next to the entrance and offered to bring one of their wheel chairs out then I didn’t need to assemble mine in the rain.
The staff were really lovely and I was in and out without any queuing. Sadly, the same wasn’t the case for McDonalds – saw the length of the queue and gave up!
Returning to normality with the usual accessibility challenges
No, not talking about COVID here, a return to the normal me. I’ve finally got some of my piercings redone – nose and both daiths (they all had to be taken out for the MRI and by the time I got my jewellery back most piercings had healed over).
This involved a lot of time using google street view and messaging to see if the premises where accessible. One place helpfully replied “no we’re not, but once you are in there are no steps!” – excellent! I’ll just levitate in then – problem solved…. Another, very nicely said, that there was a step but he’d be happy to help me in, which I thought was lovely, although when I checked out the size of the step I decided it might be a bit much for one person.
Eventually, I found a place that was accessible and didn’t rely on street parking, so bit the bullet and had them done.
I’ve also had some pink highlights put in my hair so feeling a bit more like me again, now to plan that tattoo…
Paddington
I drafted this blog just over a week ago so it was ready to publish on the 1st, then over the bank holiday weekend I noticed a small growth on Paddington’s bad leg.
I mentioned last month that he’d been limping (well non weight bearing on his front paw), the vet gave him pain killers, which made him feel better, he was whizzing around and begging for treats.
I rang the practice first thing Tuesday morning and got an appointment, the vet thought it looked like an infected sore and wanted to do an X-ray and clean it up under anaesthetic. She also asked to X-ray his head too, as he’d had a slight discharge in one ear when she saw him 6 weeks ago.
When I rang for an update, she advised that she strongly suspected the growth to be cancerous, and the head X-ray also revealed a tumour in his ear, she recommended the kindest thing was not to bring him around from the anaesthetic.
It was such a shock, he’d been so bright and begging for treats before I took him in, and whilst I’d suspected the growth might be cancer I’d read that amputations were normally well tolerated in rabbits and had thought that might be the worst case scenario.
I adopted Paddington from a rescue in January 2016, he’s been such a wonderful friend, with a cheeky character that always brightened up my day, I’m devastated that his stay here was such as short one.
RIP sweetheart you are truly missed.
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