We're both home again. The doctor suspects Duncan's intestines have grown together or have attached to the inside the abdominal cavity (sammengroninger af tarmene eller at tarmene nogle steder er groet fast på indersiden af bughulen.) This some times happens when there has been an infection or when the intestines have been disturbed - as Duncans have with the operation. Lægen sagde han havde alle grundene til at de skulle ske. However, since the pain is what Duncan calls "managable" they have agreed that he comes back in two weeks to see how it feels then. Sometimes, apparently, the pains disappears as the intestines stretches slightly. This could also not happen, in which case he will need surgery. So, in two weeks we know if its another operation or we're done. Duncan says for now it's okay, but not for good. The pains is at its least when he is sitting completely still - not very helpful for a normal life in full vigour!
My very mature respons to this has been to sit down and cry because I can't believe it just keeps coming. Guess I should be gratefull it's not worse (which I am - but still, it's not as it should be and that is a sadness/sorg)
Two weeks takes us to pentecost when we were going away for some days to relax and try to get a little bit on top of the world again. But there you are - hopes and plans are not for us at the moment. So, we still need your prayers!

As I am writing this Duncan is laying in the hospital yet again. This time because he has had some pain in his stomach which we thought came from the irritation in his stomach which they found last time he was in the hospital three weeks ago. I didn't think it was right for it to be quiet to soar still, so I phoned the doctor, who asked us to come past lunch time. She send us on to the hospital because she didn't like the fact he was soar on the bottom hos torsoe. (altså ikke om mavesækken men længere nede ved tarmene) At the hospital he was asked to fast (he arrived at 2 o'clock) and at 8.30 pm he was sent home. "If it continues og get worse come again". Which it did this morning. So off we went again. A young doctor looked at him - she feared he might have developed a new irritaion in the stomach. But she wasn't so keen on the pain in the bottom of his stomach/the intestines, so she called her senior. He says it sounds like the intestines aren't working properly, as if he is constipated. At the best its constipation at the worst some of his intestines have grown together because of the operation on his intestine (hullet i tyndtarmen). So they're keeping him at least until tomorrow to see how it developes. The doctor took time to emphasise that this is nowhere near as serious as what we have been thorugh no matter what it is. He compared it to having a broken leg.
We were meant to go on a weekend with our congregation, but as this with Duncan has developed they have asked us to stay at home. Which I think is very nice of them!
Other than this we are fine. Normality had starting to creep in again. The house is clean, we eat proper food, Duncan's started working a little bit every day. So I hope that this is nothing more than yet another short interlude before we can enjoy the sun full time and plan our moving into Vejle!!

Meget tidligt lørdag morgen (eller sent fredag nat?) blev Duncan indlagt til observation på A260 på Vejle hospital. Nu har han jo være indlagt der i et stykke tid, så flere sygeplejersker og social og sundhedshjælpere kom hen og sagde velkommen igen. Jeg tror ikke de var glade for at se ham. Han fortalte dem, det var fordi han sådan savnede dem. Hvortil én af dem raskt svarede: "Så skulle du tage at komme med en kage næste gang du savner os!"
I eftermidag fik han lov til at komme hjem igen. Det er rart. Han er blevet sat på en anden slags smertestillende og så har han fået mavesårsmedicin med hjem. Dem skal han tage den næste månedstid. Så skulle irritationen have lagt sig.
Det er selvfølgelig hårdt fordi vi ikke har fået sovet så meget fra fredag til lørdag. Men det værste var skuffelsen over at den normalitet, vi var begyndt at ane lige forsvandt igen. Og at Duncan ikke kom med til Esbjerg og var med til at konfirmere Emma derovre. Det havde vi ellers alle sammen glædet os sådan til at han skulle!
Jeg tror nu at det ikke bliver mere end et lille tilbage skridt. Han har ondt og er øm i maven som for fjorten dage siden. Både i selve mavesækken og i såret. Men hans arme og ben føles stadig stærke, siger han. Og han har taget 1 kilo på siden han kom hjem!
Ligenu sidder han ved sit "legebord" og vi har blomster i hele huset. En buket fra vores distriktsforstander Jørgen, en fra et par i menigheden i Esbjerg som var ment som "velkommen igen", og "resterne" fra Emmas konfirmation. Så her er liljer, roser, brudeslør og nogle jeg ikke ved hvad er. Og inde i haven i Vissingsgade er mine tulipaner sprunget ud og vibeæggene står spinkle og smukke!