A couple of weeks

So the Dodgess went out to the UK for about 10 days. The main point of her trip was to formally become a Dr. As loyal readers will know, it has been quite a long slog to get to this point, but I'm very proud of what she achieved. This morning, as she returned from a brief spell in hospital, I picked up a couple of copies of her thesis - definitely measured in either height or weight!

You may have noticed a little mention of a brief spell in hospital. Whilst still broadly jet lagged, a van went into the back of a taxi containing the Dodgess. The first I knew was she was worried about some glass in her hair. That evening she had a stiff neck, and when her arm felt a little numb the next day she thought that she better go to hospital.

A brief x-ray suggested all was fine - perhaps some whiplash. She left. Then later on a doctor called and said that she should go back - it appeared there was a very small chip to one of the bones in the neck. So she went back, and they decided to keep her in hospital.

The Dodgess and I are becoming quite expert in hospitals. Between us we have well over a dozen nights in various hospitals over the past 18 months, not to mention the various day trips that have come as a result . Anyway - they wanted to make sure the Dodgess didn't get worse before giving her an MRI...


Thankfully, the MRI showed no harm to her neck - it didn't even appear chipped. They believe that the diagnosis from a miscreant mark on the x-ray in an inopportune position. There were some slightly swollen lymph glands - so, should an ear nose and throat specialist say so - we may yet get to add another hospital to our growing list if the specialist finds it interesting.


So - it's been a distinctly strange couple of weeks. As for a return to normality - I'm sure that won't take all that long!! It's good to have Dr Dodgess back, both from the UK, and from TTS.