I needed a follow up examination at Hinchingbrooke Hospital to get my foot examined and they were worried that my scalding wound was virtually the full layer of my skin but we decided against surgery as some nerve feeling was present. Home to spend the rest of the day at my computer, drawing a deck layout of our new boat which we have now decided to call "Paxton Princess". More stormy weather today and storms in the Kremlin as well as Gorbachev takes three days of extended meetings to get his reforms through and Freda calls and considers moving up this way.
I slept quite reasonably despite my injury and the howling storm outside the house. Just woke up once or twice and took some painkillers. Di and Della helped me into the bath this morning and then to get dressed. Della has some bladder infection and so stayed home today to keep me company. We fed the fish and then left for Hinchingbrooke Hospital to get my foot examined by prior arrangement. We arrived at about 10.00am but it was 11.30am before I was seen and then 12.30pm before they were done with me. The young doctor was unsure about my scald and had to get advice which took the time. It seems that the wound is almost the thickness of the skin which would have needed the surgeons, but they prodded the wound with pins and found a sensation over much of the area. There was some doubt about the very middle.
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Once the wound was dressed again, I took Di and Della across to the canteen and we had a snack lunch. Then home to spend the rest of the day at my computer, drawing a deck layout of our new boat which we have now decided to call "Paxton Princess", as Daniel had suggested. It is quite remarkable what can be done with the aid of computer programs. I have decided with my foot that I will not have it up all the time because it will heal without room under the skin for my inflated arteries - It will be a compromise. More stormy weather today and storms in the Kremlin as well as Gorbachev takes three days of extended meetings to get his reforms through and even then they have to be significantly watered down. He seeks to reduce the supremacy of the Communist Party which comes hard after 70 years. My sister telephoned today and is now thinking of moving up this way and buying a shop near St Neots which would be good if she can be nearer to Mum.