Busy, Busy in Anstey

We’ve been busy doing things but nothing exciting, really just things that needed to be done.

Sunday, clothes washing, shopping, looking about a bit.

We had a look at the local shopping centre and stocked up for a few days at Tesco. Then we found a Costco nearby so went to get some treats. Near Costco, we found a canal-side pub so stopped for a welcome drink.

Monday we drove into the QE Hospital in Birmingham to pick up Heather’s medical file and xrays so that we will have them when we get back to Australia.

It was a foul day, and the driving wasn’t much fun.

There are a lot of cars on the Motorways and most people just don’t slow down. We took it easy and were safe, but we saw 2 multi-car accidents that possibly could have been avoided.

When we returned to Anstey we examined the file and the xrays and found that the original xrays were not included, we only had the post-op ones taken on May 6. We rang the hospital and were told that they could not provide the original xrays as they were taken at the Royal Worcester Hospital, even though they did have them at QE for the operation.

We emailed Rob, the paramedic who had helped us at the time of the accident to see if he or his wife Holly could advise us how we could get those xrays from RWH, and the next thing you know, we have an email saying that they are ready for pick-up. What a star, thanks again Rob.

Today we drove to Worcester and picked up those xrays, and they are fine, so now we have the full record to take home.

Paul sent us a link for a newspiece about the installation of the Sir Antony Gormley sculpture on the Canal that we had seen when we were bringing CK home –

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-32631681

As Heather had not seen that statue and it was on our way to Worcester, we stopped off to have a look.