Just back from visiting Diane in hospital.

Although outward appearances don't always give a clue to the inner health I'm pleased to say that she looked well, far better than I expected, so she seems to be well cared for where she is. A good thing that Chris got there when he did.

She is in a room by herself which can be quite lonely so I guess if anyone else can visit from nearby it would be appreciated. I'll probably get back there Monday afternoon. Visiting times were given as 2-8 pm but I didn't check if they are different at weekends.

Her first words to me were "What the hell are you doing here?" followed by how did I know. So I updated her and explained that we all know and gave her a copy of the 17 pages of mudcat messages which I think quite moved her (unread as yet before I left). Of course, as it was just the two of us we spent the time bitching about everybody ;-)

Seriously Diane was touched to feel the concern of others. I quoted what I could of a few messages and she tried to guess who it was but we didn't go through them in detail.

I could only stay a relatively short time as some physios came in to see her but will update again on Monday.