September 23, 2011

You've gotta have a laugh

Funny things happen to Marks body on occasions, some I write about some I don't, poor bloke needs some privacy, but this one is worth sharing.

Let me set the scene, Mark has a hospital bed, it has lots of controls. The head of the bed can come up, so he's sitting, it can have knee bend, feet lift and the bed can be lowered at the head or the feet whilst still remaining flat. When Mark gets into bed the head is raised because his abdomen spasms are so strong he can't lay down immediately, it has to be done in stages. The same first thing in the morning, he has to sit the bed up in stages so he can get ready to get out. Get the picture?? In the early days of him in hospital I wasn't allowed to use the controller, he thought I would fold him up like a pancake.

The other morning for some reason he was slowly letting the head of the bed down to lying when he called me in and said 'watch this'. He touched the bed controller and up jumped the covers in the region of John Thomas. He touched it again and up jumped the covers again. He did it again, I got the giggles then as Mark worked the controller in rapid succession John Thomas was doing a gig!! You've gotta have a laugh.

1 comment:

laura brown MV Venturer said...

Dear Maureen, We were devasted to hear about Mark's accident. But so brave you both are , you have our utmost admiration. We are also in the UK with the boat in Norfolk. Dont have your email address. Love to you both
Laura (Brown)
Mv Venturer