Good news!

The operation went very well! I phoned the ward this morning and the nurse said he's doing great and they'll be getting him up into a chair soon.

We knew he went down to theatre at about 1 and I had the idea that surgery would be finished by 6 - don't know where I got that from. At about 7 Son-in-law phoned the hospital and they said he wasn't in the ward yet and to try again at 8. 

Daughter rang and he still wasn't there but that wasn't unusual, they said. (It might not be unusual for you but none of this is usual for us!) Finally just after 9 Daughter phoned to tell us - Elder Son had come around to keep me company - that Husband was back in the ward and that the operation went very well.

Depending on how he progresses he'll stay in ICU (intensive care) for a day or so and then move to HDU (high dependency) where the physiotherapists set to work on him - or set him to work.

My cold has developed into a croaky cough so I'll be staying away. I'm planning on spending the next two days, sleeping and doing nothing in an attempt to get this bug out of my system.

Meanwhile today is St. David's Day. (St. David is the patron saint of Wales.) The dragon is our emblem, daffodil our flower, leek our vegetable, and rugby our game.