Hi Everybody!
Today I am writing a short post from my hospital bed, which is very comfortable. I still have more examinations and tests to get through tomorrow, and if all is well I can go home on Tuesday. For the past few days I was on a fluid diet, just water, herb tea and clear broth, so was happy to be served some real food today. I got rice pudding for lunch and a slice of bread with Quark, a sort of cream cheese and jam for my evening meal. Strange how things you don't usually like taste so good now!
I can't access my photos taken here yet, so a few old pics stored on my tablet will have to do for Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday link party. Happy T Day to all! They are certainly things I've been dreaming of:
And I have some cloud photos from 2019:
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Have a great week, take care,
And thanks for visiting
Wishing you the best Dear Valerie.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Jan!
DeleteThinking of you Valerie, glad you got to eat some real food that tasted good to you.
ReplyDeleteIf you've had no food for 4 days everything tastes good!
DeleteYour diet sounds very bland and boring compared to the delish photo you added here, thinking of you and sending healing hugs from down Under.xx 🍔 and a healthy burger.x
ReplyDeleteBurger and hugs, sounds like paradise!
DeleteSending you good wishes and hopefully you'll be home Tuesday. Then you can have a better T than the hospital food sounds. But I bet after a liquid diet anything tastes good. Sending hugs and good karma. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThanks Erika, I never knew how good bread and jam could taste!
DeleteOh, Valerie, I hope you get to go home Tuesday.I don't care what the photos are in your post as long as I hear words like "go home" and read about food that wasn't liquid! All good thoughts that your tests will be fine and you'll be out of there!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeanie, I am longing to go home!
DeleteHi Valerie, am sure hoping you can come home soon and everything will be sorted out.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy your sky photos-hugs Kathy
Thanks Kathy, let's hope it will be tomorrow!
DeleteSending hugs your way, Valerie, and sending recovery wishes to you! I hope you are okay and get well soon :) xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Kelly! Have a great week!
DeleteHunger will certainly change our perception of food we didn't like! Hope all goes well and on Tuesday you will go home. Hugs, Deb
ReplyDeleteThanks Den, you're so right! I've been practising walking along the corridor this morning!
DeleteHope it all goes well and you get to go home soon. Take care. Anesha x
ReplyDeleteThanks Anesha, have a great week!
DeleteKeep looking at all those pictures taken during normal times, Valerie. I hope that normalcy will begin to return for you when you walk through your own door tomorrow, and that conditions will improve for everyone, with universal vaccinations. Did they give you your shots while you were at the clinic, by the way? It has been a long haul for you, almost three months away from home if I am not mistaken. You are long overdue a respite from all of this. And Quark will be something in outer space, not a compound smeared on bread to eat! Hugs and kisses, David.
ReplyDeleteThanks David. I'm so looking forward to going home again! I've been away for14 weeks. We didn't get shots at the clinic but we're regularly tested. Quark is a delicious cream cheese, I am Sure people in space would Love it! Have a great week, it was lovely to see your photos of Lily! Big hugs! Valerie
DeleteOk ~ I need to catch up and read back! I hope you get to go home tomorrow ~ 14 weeks is a long time to be away. Blessings and coffee wishes to you ~ Love, Karen
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen! Blessings and ☕☕☕ coffee wishes, what could be nicer!? Have a great week!
DeleteI hope all goes well and you can get back to your beloved cappuccino, treats, and real food. The sky photos are so beautiful and hopeful. Blue skies and clouds with silver linings. Take care and Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteThanks CJ. Clouds with silver linings are what we need!
DeleteBeautiful photos. I hope all goes well and you'll be on your way home soon. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteThanks Martha, I am looking forward to going home!
DeleteHello, Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI hope so that everything will go well with you and that you will be able to go home! Sending you lots of love and blissful wishes for you to recover as soon as possible!
Hugs!
Thanks Sweetie! I should be back home again tomorrow!
DeleteSending all healing and going home energy. Glad you were able to get a bit of solid foods too. I really like your mug and the photos are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nicole, have a great week!
DeleteI hope you get good results from your tests and that you can get back home soon. Real food of your own choosing will come soon, and I know you'll be glad. Happy T Day!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot! Real good, sounds like a dream!
DeleteOoh Valerie, no food - that's torture! I do hope you get to go home tomorrow, I bet you can't wait! Take care and take things easy, Sue xx
ReplyDeleteI really can't wait! Have a great week!
DeleteGreat sky photos Valerie and that pasta looks delicious! Thanks for your comment, I am so happy you get to go home tomorrow!! Sending you BIG Hugs!
ReplyDeleteTake care, Tammy
Thanks Tammy! I'm more than happy to be going home tomorrow!
Deletethank U for tbis blog coffee;)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, enjoy!☕☕☕
DeleteBeautiful skies! Hoping you'll be able to get out and enjoy your walks again soon.
ReplyDeleteTake care,
Alison xx
Thanks Alison! Have a great week! Hugs, Valerie
DeleteI can't believe it's been 14 weeks since you have been staying at the clinic. I'm simply delighted to read you are going home and hopefully all is now well. This is the best news I could hear.
ReplyDeleteLove the photos from before. I would gladly join you for a cappuccino or a bowl of pasta.
Lovely sky and cloud photos, too, dear. Thanks for sharing these with us and finding a great way to join us for T this Tuesday. Broth and tea sound terrible. Solid food sounds wonderful!!!
Thanks. Broth and herb tea is not the thing for Coffee lovers!
DeleteFingers crossed you get great results from the tests and you can go back home. Wonderful cloud photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue, much appreciated!
DeleteThat is an unbelievably long stay in the hospital. Our hospitals never have people there that long — they transfer to other types of facilities. I hope you recover soon.
ReplyDeleteI did a little research project on quark one time. Here’s a link if it would amuse you:
https://maefood.blogspot.com/2018/02/quark.html
best... mae
Thanks Mae, I will ready the project when I get back home!
DeleteI read it, thanks! Very interesting. Quark is always loved by big and small!
DeleteHi Valerie, sorry to read you're still in hospital, good luck for tomorrow's tests and fingers crossed that you get home this week.
ReplyDeleteAvril xx
Thanks Avril, have a great week!
DeletePraying you can go home on tuesday!!! Thank you for the gorgeous photos!! Big Hugs! Love you!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sweetie, love you too!
DeleteSorry to hear that you are in the hospital. Hopefully the tests point to the issue and I hope you are able to go home soon. Love that mug with the cow.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tea Day,
Kate
Thanks Kate, much appreciated!
DeleteI enjoyed seeing those beautiful clouds in your photographs.
ReplyDeleteSending my good wishes and hoping you will be back at home on Tuesday (later today).
All the best Jan
Thanks Jan, enjoy your week!
DeleteValerie I'm so sorry you are still in the hospital after all this time, being away from T day I didn't realise, I hope you get to go home and it must be lovely to have some solid food at last.
ReplyDeleteI really love the mug with the cow on it and the lovely photos.
Take Care, sending virtual hugs
Jan S
Thanks Jan, I arrived home this morning, so happy to be here. Now I need to rest and recover from the journey!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, great that you can eat now.
Thanks, eating is better than being hungry!
DeleteYour getting real food!! That is good news Valery! Loving your choice of photos today and enjoy your bed rest.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pinky! Good tastes so good when you are hungry!
DeleteKeeping you in my thoughts and prayers dear Valerie. I do hope you will be home very soon and will be able to enjoy your favorite foods and drinks again. Cloud formations are always so beautiful and can definitely stir the imagination:) Get well soon, and happy T day!
ReplyDeleteThe Linda, I am back home! I have to stick to my diet for a couple of weeks, but that's okay! Happy T Day!
DeleteI hope you have had a good day and are enjoying something more normal! Those things you have been thinking about will soon be available to you! Love those cloud pics, Hugs, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris! Today I had some bread, a yogurt and an egg - eggstravagant! Have a great week!
DeleteWishing you well! I hope all the tests are going well so you are home soon 😀. The cow mug made me smile and that pasta looks delicious. Those cloud filled skies with the sunshine are gorgeous too! Take care and wishing you a Happy T Day! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo, have a great day!
DeleteHow great that you can compose a post from your hospital bed! I am so sorry to hear you are there. I have missed a whole month of tea parties, so wasn't aware of your situation. I hope your tests come back good. I see you are already home. Best wishes to you Valerie, and thank you that you even visited my blog. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sharon! This was a first doing a post in bed, a true 'bed-post'! The last tests were good, and it was great to come home yesterday! Happy T Day, take care!
DeleteI hope you are home now. (14 weeks is a long time), and that you found everything as you left it.
ReplyDeleteI smiled at your comments about food tasting nice when you have not been able to eat what you want, and then all of a sudden you are allowed to eat. My hubby can empathize with that. And quark? I wish I could get it here. Lidl sometimes sell it in small post, but I want big pots so I can make cheesecake with it. All my cheesecake recipes use quark (from the time I lived in Holland).
I'm sorry to be commenting late, but hope you had a lovely T-Day,
Lisca
Thanks Lisca, I am Home! How do people live without Quark?! Don't worry about being late, you have enough on your plate! Hugs!
DeleteOh Valerie, how on earth did you manage on a liquid diet? I would have been chewing the bed clothes. I am sure after a short while on a diet like that anything would taste good.
ReplyDeleteHugsm, Neet xx
It wasn't easy! After 4 days I was even thankful for white bread and jam, and rice pudding was luxury....
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