GOM had his ultra sound scan at the end of august. He needed to go with a full blader so he had to drink 2 pints just before we left. Appointment was 1.45pm but they didn't come out to check us in until nearly 2pm by which time the poor little fella was BURSTING :O

Anyway finally got him in and had his first lot of scan's then it was SUCH A RELIEF, he could go and relieve himself, more scans but the pressure made him want to go again so finally had his last lot of scans and he was finished. We'd been lucky too with the parking at the hospital.

Went for the results last wednesday. Mainly good news - no infections in kidneys and bladder however the bladder is quite enlarged - holding 800ml instead of 450-500ml. Have had some meds prescribed which should hopefully allow the bladder to shrink back to normal size.

On the refurb we were away for about 8 days , and the electrician used the time well and worked long days and got everything finished by the time we got back. however inspite of him dusting round after himself there was still a fine layer of dust on everything, which took me a few days to get on top of, although I wasn't going too mad as we had all the decorating to get done before I could get straight, but have the main rooms dusted down.

18th September our other contractor came back and started to put boards down in the loft, this was due to take 2-3 days then he was scheduled to start work on the rest of the paving as long as the weather held. Unfortunately on day two he slipped, while up in the loft, and put his leg through the ceiling, so we lost a few days while he recovered. Made a start on preping on 25th and by the end of this week had the small front verge paved and most of the back garden dug up, cleared and ready for the new paving. They're having a break next week (2nd October) which fitted in with our neighbours moving plans, then they are back for a week - from 9th October during which if the weather holds they should be able to finish the back garden or else they will start making good and decorating inside.

That week I have also arranged for one of our storage units to be cleared - which was why we needed the loft boarded, so it's goint to be a pretty frantic week with appointments etc and we still have to try and fit in an appointment to see gp to get repeat prescription for the meds that the hospital gave us.

The contractor is then taking a break for another week during which I need to get the rooms switched round for the next phase of decorating.