We went camping in June or to be correct ‘glamping’. It was a family affair with Adam, Jo and the boys. Sally, Roy and Ken. The campsite was just under an hours drive away from Adam and Jo’s house in Exeter so we decamped there for the night before arriving en-masse at the Billingsmoor Farm near Butterleigh. The location was amazing. The tents overlooked the rolling hills which stretched as far as the eye could see down towards South Devon.
So it all looked like we were going to have a lovaly time. Good location, great weather, great company. Fun times! Then it all went wrong. It was early evening. Amy and I were pottering around in the tent tidying up. All the others were in Adam and Jo’s tent. Amy poured herself a glass of Baileys and said that she was going to see the others. I said “fine, I’ve nearly finished here, see you in a minute”.
Seconds later I heard a cry. I ran out and Amy was lying on the damp grass crying out in pain. To cut a long story short, she had slipped awkwardly and broken, nay snapped her tibia. A four hour visit to A&E in Exeter confirmed this. She spent the week in bed in the tent with her leg in a temporary plaster cast. We had decided to stay on for the childrens sake and they did have a lovely time.
Back home in Lewisham the prognosis was not good. She would need surgery to insert a metal plate in her leg, which unfortunately had set at the wrong angle. Fast forward to today. The operation was last week and Amy has been home in bed. I have been giving her injections in her stomach to prevent the blood clotting. In two weeks the cast will be removed then there will be a long uphill struggle to get her withered leg strong enough to support her weight.
It is now the Summer holidays and Mia and Jake are off, so we have had to call in a lot of favours for childcare. Today Colin had Jake and Mia and has taken them to The Science Museum which I’m sure they will love. Next week Sally is down to take over with Emmas help.
So all in all you could say in has been an ‘eventful’ summer so far. Last year Amy had her tonsils out, this year she has broken her leg. Fingers-crossed that next years he will have a job
that it will be injury free. One can only hope :-).