Lady Bracknell
Handbag at Dawn
Lord B has asked me to post an update on his state of health since he's been very touched by the thoughtful wishes he's received all the while he's been ill.
He was admitted to St. Thomas' Hospital in London (Northumberland Ward) last week where, on Thursday he had an epically huge operation (a pelvic exenteration) which his surgeon told us is about the biggest operation that can be performed on anyone. But on the upside, it is intended to be curative and was certainly life-saving. He spent over 9 hours in theatre and the surgery went well.
He will be in hospital for up to 3 weeks and then the recovery process will take some months. They've already got him out of bed and yesterday he managed a little, assisted, stroll down the corridor. Right now he's distinctly on the woozy side but was quite capable of arguing with the providers of bedside TV (and ruinously costly phone calls) whose appallingly priced services he declined to buy. So normal service is slowly being resumed!
He was admitted to St. Thomas' Hospital in London (Northumberland Ward) last week where, on Thursday he had an epically huge operation (a pelvic exenteration) which his surgeon told us is about the biggest operation that can be performed on anyone. But on the upside, it is intended to be curative and was certainly life-saving. He spent over 9 hours in theatre and the surgery went well.
He will be in hospital for up to 3 weeks and then the recovery process will take some months. They've already got him out of bed and yesterday he managed a little, assisted, stroll down the corridor. Right now he's distinctly on the woozy side but was quite capable of arguing with the providers of bedside TV (and ruinously costly phone calls) whose appallingly priced services he declined to buy. So normal service is slowly being resumed!
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Hope Sir B is up and running again soon.
