Homecoming

I love New Zealand, people are sooo friendly and it is so warm. Midwinter here and we are in the same clothes as summer in England.

Touched down in Auckland and picked up by Boyd's cousins, Phil and Erica and stayed with them whilst we recovered from Jet lag and the kids played with Erika's extensive collection of Toys at 2am in their underfloor heated lounge.mmmmmm.

The morning that we were due to leave Boyd woke with Excruciating pain and woke me writhing and spewing in the toilet. Phil drove us to hospital and Erika guarded the kids nursing a cold . 

We rushed into A and E Boyd yelling with pain and ran to spew in the toilet which got dramatically punctual service and within 20 mins he was reviewing morphine and then fentanyl and final ketamine to control the pain. Ketamine is an anaesthetic at high doses and an hallucinogen at pain relieving doses so though comfortable, Boyd spent an hour and a half playing tetrus with the ceiling tiles and spewing from the nausea of so many drugs.

Waitakare hospital delivered an excellent service. By 4 am he had had a CT scan confirming kidney stone and by 9 am he had had a Ultrasound scan of the kidneys. He was transfered to Auckland central for observation and got the best views of Auckland I have ever seen from the 8th floor in Acute surgery ward.

Now he is fine......,:-)