He fell through the glass lounge door yesterday

 Geoff's physician (a doctor Dr Asheen Haripersad, I think, I probably have the spelling wrong) suggested he might be having atypical tonic clonic seizures, and I think that's a very likely scenario. The fact that earlier yesterday (the same day, in other words) he fell at about lunchtime and was very disorientated. I thought it was a slight concussion and was just going to leave it, but when he fell again later the same day, it was a bit drastic! I heard a loud crash and then breaking glass. I screamed and ran through from my computer. My son Michael came running in too (he is staying on our property at present, in the converted garage) and staunched the bleeding with his hand. It was quite deep, the cut. We debated whether to take him in for stitches or to just wait until today when he had an appointment with a doctor (coincidentally) but then our neighbours, who came through to help, said they would help get him into the car and into the hospital. Which we did. THis was his injury - not all of it. The thing both Michael and I were concerned about, was the cut over the top of his head. It was superficial, but it was across the very delicate skin covering the muscle and then the brain (no protective skullbone there) and so we decided he had better be seen by a professional. I messaged our Dr Landau - who's been his plastic surgeon for 15 years - and he said to tell the hospital he would like to stitch it himself. And he ordered a CT scan. So today he is being operated on under anaesthetic. 

And then a photo Sarah (my daughter) took today! 

So not too worrying. So now we wait to hear what happened today. 

Just to make a note ...

 I keep a record here of when Geoff falls. He has just had another fall. It was a bad one in that he didn't know where he was when he sat up. Well, to be accurate, when I sat him up  (using two footstools and two pillows). It took several minutes for him to realise where he was. he kept asking where he had been. He asked me that four or five times, I replied each time. It reminded me a little of the time Michael fell off the swing, so I imagine he was concussed. We are going to a doctor tomorrow (about his itchy skin) so I will mention his fall then. 

I'm reluctant even to write this ...

 ... but damnit, it looks like it's a three-month fall every time. Two today. No reason. Actually (it's now March 29th, I think there is a reason! I measured his blood pressure that day, and it was 90 over 57. The next day I measured it again (after he'd had salty chips and salty porridge for breakfast) and it was 115 over 70. So I conclude, it is low blood pressure. 

Looking Back

 I do believe I've got my husband back! He's funny, he's romantic, he's silly and he's doing stuff around the house. It's bloody amazing, I never thought this could happen. 

Sum

I asked Geoff to check my answer for this sum. As it happens, I got it wrong, and he got it right. 

2(1+1 divided by 2) 

This year has seen Geoff getting better and better

 This is his status so far: starting from the feet: he can't feel where his feet are when he is walking, so has to be careful where he puts them down. He still has feeling in them though because if he stubs a toe or if I stand on his foot, he yelps!He has a huge scar, the whole length of his right thigh in the front, from where they took the muscle to put on his head. Otherwise his legs are okay. His hands are also growing numb. He has a rash on his right hand, a sort of eczema - don't know where that comes from. His body is itchy all over, all the time, which drives him low-key mad. He also has tinnitus. He ought to get hearing aids, but doesn't want them. He won't wear his dentures, they are too badly fitting, he says. And won't go back to the dentist to have them sorted out. So he is toothless. He has no salivary gland on the right, and the nerve needed to lift his right arm was cut so he can't lift his right arm very high. Luckily over time, the other salivary gland has taken over, and he doesn't have a dry mouth any more. His head has healed nicely. He doesn't have a bone covering the top of his skull (a space roughly the size of a compact disc) so all that covers the top of his head is a muscle (his thigh muscle, which is the only muscle they removed which actually worked) and thus he wears a bump cap whenever he walks around. His brain is still pretty lively, the only problem I've noticed with it is that he doesn't remember where places are or how to get to them: not nearby places I mean, but say, my niece's house, or his son's place in Jacobsbaai. He always used to know how to get to anywhere. He still drives, still reverse parks, still jokes and is amusing and is doing a few chores around the house which he hasn't for donkey's years! He is walking further. So basically, I think he is getting better. 

Oh, there was one incident this year: he felt faint around the middle of January and fell forward and bumped his head on the mirror. He didn't fall over though.