Comments on: Visiting

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:00:55 +0000

Thought it might be. No offfence, but I thought you’d be doing quite well to have a great grandmother yourself

Unfortunately R doesn’t seem happy to tow the line. She will not refer to my grandad as ‘Little Grandpa’ as she (rightly) points out that he isn’t. So she calls him ‘Big Grandpa’ which confuses the other two as ‘Grandpa’ (my dad, who they assume she must be talking about) isn’t. Clear as mud?

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:29:29 +0000

glad I caught you out of the akismet trap Barbara. Yes, Little = great here too, she is my Nanny, but I tend to say Little Nanny as that is SB’s reference [though my nephew calls her Momma]
postcode lotteries suck.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:27:44 +0000

‘Little Nanny’? How spooky is that? My ‘Little Granny’ was also sent home from hospital this week (having fallen down the stairs last month). Sounds like a similar story re the help. They (my grandparents) were assessed and deemed as needing no extra support other than meals on wheels. WHAT? For the last month they (at least my home-alone granddad) has had almost daily visits from members of the family (of which I am the only one closer than 3 hours drive away) because he simply can’t look after himself anymore, and now he’s expected to care for my gran too. One day we didn’t manage resulted in a passing stranger having to call the police for help! It’s such a postcode lottery. Last year when my other granny was in a similar situation, social services came round daily for 6 weeks. But as you say; home is where they want to be. So sympathies from me too.

Oh, and actually, she’s not *my* little granny; she’s the children’s. Little=Great in our family. (((Helen)))

By: Merry

Merry — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:11:38 +0000

wail at work and wail at tough times. more gossiping soon i think.

By: tammy

tammy — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:08:13 +0000

hope little nanny recovers quickly and that things get sunnier for you.

By: t-bird

t-bird — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:57:20 +0000

urg to hospitals that don’t look after you and yours properly!!! Really hope you get something sorted soon.

By: Nic

Nic — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:28:50 +0000

Thinking of you Helen xxx

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:59:10 +0000

thanks. battlestar galactica is my current antidepressant – not particularly successfully, but no bad side effects [apart from a couple of weird dreams!]

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:29:55 +0000

(((((((Helen)))))))

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:52:52 +0000

Sorry to hear you are so unhappy at work Helen – its vile to feel like that. I hope that little nanny recuperates quickly. It’s horrible to be so far away from family in circumstances like that.