Quite a Gap

Having a new gt grand nephew born in Hong Kong on July 1st I need to update my Blog

The gap in time since May was due to some ill health ending on Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax for a Pacemaker Operation on June 21st.

After the first op they found it had not 'fixed' properly and that night the whole team were brought back and redid the operation around midnight to 1 am.

It is quite amazing as only by local injection and lying on the table you can see the scanning screen and the wires being manipulated into the heart.

On the second operation they also had to insert as temp pacemaker through a vein in my led and this was also seen on the screen.

After a day I was sitting up and everything was checked and working and they took me back into the theatre to remove the temp pacemaker.

Our NHS was wonderful, 2 guys on the ward were interesting fellows, one older than me ex RN on Mine Sweepers the other a local Asian and when he did his praying to Mecca at the end of my bed I asked him to include me ! His family was very nice and friendly and a young child was sent over to me to receive sweets and say hello.

Doctors and Nursing Staff and all those looking after the cleaning and feeding were brilliant.

Having been back home and stitches removed I went for a Scan Check up on Monday and was told my heart was now OK

So back to emails and dealing with my interests in The Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary by helping arrange School Memorial Plaques for the BOB Historical Society.