Once home I managed to get a basket of ironing done (still keeping it up!) before going to pick Mum up. Today was the day Mum had to go to Worthing Hospital (about an hour's drive from here) to have laser treatment on her eyes. This treatment is to try and stop the blood vessels that are leaking into the macular area which causes macular degeneration. While the treatment won't restore Mum's sight that is already lost, we're hoping that it will slow down or stop further loss of sight.
We got to Worthing at lunch time and Mum's appointment wasn't till 2 o'clock so we took a walk into the town centre to get some lunch. I had never been into the town before, just to the hospital, so it was interesting to see what it was like. I took a few photos but they don't give a clear picture. The town centre has a pedestrianised area which has a number of smaller roads/walkways leading off it. There are lots of smaller shops as well as a couple of bigger department stores. We didn't have time to have a good look around but this may be a place to take a trip to during the summer holidays for a more leisurely stroll (wink!)
This next photo is for Claire, who loves Subway! Yes, they have one in Worthing, Claire!
This little row of colourful houses was on the road back to the hospital. Reminds me of the children's TV programme, Balamorie :o) The houses aren't quite as bright as the Balamorie ones though.
We got back to the hospital in time for Mum's appointment where she was seen quite promptly. The drops were inserted and 25 minutes later she went in for the laser treatment. This took about a minute and then we were able to go home. There is a follow up appointment in 6 weeks time and they'll know then whether the laser treatment has been successful.
Home again and it was back into the household routine. Dinner to make; diswasher to load (and put on) and Emily into the bath. Time now for a coffee and hopefully a chance to read a couple of scrapbook magazines.
Have a good evening.
xx
I have also received a couple of photos from my sister Norma, who lives in South Africa. Now that she's found out how to send them I'm looking forward to seeing photos on a more regular basis. The first one is of Norma and her husband, Chesley.
This next photo includes their two younger sons, Ciaran and Caelen (Kyle, the eldest, lives in the UK). We haven't seen any photos of Caelen for a little while and he certainly got Claire and Faith talking. I think they decided that he's probably playing the field and breaking a few hearts along the way ;o) (Caelen is back right in the photo)
Iain brought Faith back this afternoon after her night at home in Beckenham. Louise has been up in Scotland this weekend so Iain stayed to have dinner with us before going to pick Louise up from Gatwick Airport. He also brought his laptop with him so he could do some work while he was here.
Emily and Faith relaxing while they wait for dinner to be ready.
Dinner over and Iain and Jon sort out the world's problems =o)
The Lunar Jim communicator that Josh got from Uncle Hugh was a big hit. Mum (Michelle) helped to put it on his wrist and then he had to show Grandpa how it worked.