East-West Medical Clinic, B28 Greater Kailish, Part 1, New Delhi- Day Four.

Wednesday 23rd July.

Another visit to the operating room for Nathalie, so that the dressing can be changed, the wound cleaned up around the edges, and a backslab put on.

Once again the gingham gown, we thought, was a fashion statement worth noting.

A bit more necrotic tissue was scraped away, but Nathalie recovered from this GA much better that Monday's visit.  The dressing is somewhat more substantial, with a backslab to ensure we don't get foot droop.

Thursday 24th July.

The lovely Dr Sangeeta reviewed this morning, and the pain medication regime was discussed. Considering the issue is post operative pain, it has to be dealt with.  It seems that one and a quarter panadol can resolve all pain for Indian people, and that will only be given when the pain is extreme.  It was ascertained that due to our developed tolerance to paracetamol, it doesn't work as well as the local doctors were expecting.  So we are now on  regular and increased doses of analgesia, as well as oral antibiotics, in lieu of the IV stuff.

In anticipation of a long journey home, the doctors wanted Nathalie to spend a bit of time sitting out of bed, and we managed to negotiate a four hour leave pass.  So a car was hired and a driver, and squeezing Nathalie into the back seat, off we went.

The highlight of the trip for Nathalie was

A.  Sunlight...well sort of

B. McDonalds chips

And

C. The really friendly and talkative Sikh driver....NOT.

You can see the mirth exploding from every pore of his being.

Considering Nathalie has not been at large, or for that matter much out of bed for nearly two weeks it was quite exhausting, and the crappy cappuccino, mango cheese cake, coke, and fries were all a bit much, so back we went to East-Westmedical clinic.