Respite

Jenna from the Diana nurses came today and we went through the paperwork to initiate the respite from the Diana nursing team - we learnt a week or so ago that we had qualified for it.

We are going to get 8 hours per month, in two blocks of 4 hours. One will be a Sunday morning which I asked for so that I can get to Mass at least once a month, and the other will be an after-school session 4.30-8.30 which will particularly help me after my operation. In fact the first one is the afternoon she comes back from Rainbows on 5th Sept, so that is great timing! But before that they will try and do some getting-to-know-you visits and the first of those is next week.

The staff will have to be trained on the job with them having to be signed off as competent for each individual child which is rather cumbersome but how they operate. The paperwork was fairly horrific too as it's pretty much like they use on the Children's ward and more detailed than either Rainbows or Glenfield! But it will be worth it, especially to have some extra help after my operation.