Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Australia Day

Today is Australia Day when the redneck patriots fly Australian flags on their cars. It wouldn’t be so bad if they lowered the flag(s) at sunset, but many of them remain on the cars until they eventually disintegrate.

I reckon the Sydney Lebanese gang boys will be having a day at home today. No sense in showing your face and your bogan car to drunken Aussie patriots.

Too much like a Nuremburg rally for me.

Joan slept for 10 hours straight and looks like she will have another nap this afternoon. Tomorrow she has her PICC line dressing; Friday is a Bowen massage and a CT scan and we visit the oncologist next Wednesday.

The PICC line dressing is done at St John’s Subiaco where we usually go for chemo. When Joan was there in hospital recently, someone said that an Occupational Therapist would drop by to see her. She did and had a bit of a chat about possible aids for the house. Joan told her that we didn’t think it was necessary at this stage and she left. Yesterday we received a bill for a consultation. In public hospitals, such services are free including the installation of grab rails, ramps etc. Private hospitals outsource such services and neglect to tell patients of the potentially heavy charges. The state government is going to outsource these services when the new Fiona Stanley hospital is commissioned in 2014.

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