Friday, May 16, 2014

On the mend


Mrs. Kinch at present (artist's rendering) 

We had a spot of drama in the Kinch household over the last few days.  Poor old Mrs Kinch had a bit of a turn in the front room a couple of days ago and we ended up taking a trip to Accident & Emergency.  Fortunately, while there were a lot of awful things that it could have been - meningitis being the most obvious - it turned out to be a complication from a previous illness.  Fortunately, it emerged that on this occasion, while Mrs Kinch has a spinal fluid leak there is no exterior wound to provide an avenue for infection. The result is a condition which is very unpleasant and painful, but not lethal.  She'll be laid up for a few days and the forecast for the weekend is medium cranky with a boredom front rising, but all things considered it could have been a lot worse. 

I am very grateful to the extremely patient and hard working staff who looked after her while we were in A&E.   It was a long old stint, but their kindness and good humour made a trying situation more bearable. God bless them all. 



Don't they look dashing

The last few days have not left much time for anything really, but one of the things that is happening at the moment is that Tim Gow is working on a set of rules called "Very Little Cold Wars", a Cold War turned hot version of HG Wells "Little Wars". I'm quite excited by this as I think it will allow me to play garden games with my 20mm Cold War stuff, which I think is probably the only way to play a convincing game involving modern tanks.

You'll find a battle report on Tim's blog here. He's also started a yahoo group to discuss the rules and the period, which you'll find here.



21 comments:

  1. Poor Mrs. K! I hope she's on the mend and back on her feet quickly. Sounds like quite a scare, though.

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  2. Conrad
    Here's wishing Mrs. Kinch a speedy recovery. A good supply of distractions (books, videos, etc) would help with the incoming boredom- stock up well.
    I have played Mr Gow's rules and I am sure that you will like them. Dust off your Cold War toys.
    Cheers
    PD

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  3. Sorry to hear that Mrs K has been through the wars a bit and i hope that she is fully recovered very soon. Best wishes to you both.

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  4. Sorry to hear that Mrs K has been through the wars a bit. I hope that she is fully recovered very soon. Best wishes to you both.

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  5. Oh my, get well soon Mrs Kinch.

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  6. Hi CK,

    Wishing Mrs K a very speedy recovery - I like the description of 'forecast for the weekend is medium cranky with a boredom front rising'

    All the best,

    DC

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  7. Pass on our best wishes for a speedy return to health to Mrs Kinch .
    All at the Duchy of Tradgardland

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  8. Conrad Kinch,

    I do hope that Mrs Kinch makes a fully and speedy recovery.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  9. Very sorry to hear the news about Mrs Kinch. Hang in there all of you, and get well soon Mrs Kinch!

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  10. Sorry to hear that! I hope she's soon on the mend!

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  11. Please give my well-wishes to Mrs. K. and hope for a quite and complete recovery.

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  12. Hope Mrs Kinch is getting better by the day, maybe to beat the bordom you could get her to assemble a few models?

    Ian

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  13. Our best wishes to Mrs. K. Perhaps to stave off boredom you could "share" your hobby with her?

    FMB

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  14. A speedy return to full health for Mrs K then.

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  15. Goodness, that all sounds rather unpleasant to say the least. All the best Mrs K!

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  16. Please pass on my best wishes.

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  17. Gentlemen, thank you very much. Mrs. Kinch has asked me to thank you for all your good wishes. She's doing alot better though it will be a week or so before she's back to normal. Improving slowly, but surely.

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  18. Missed this post yesterday - I hope Mrs K gets back to her normal impressive form very soon, and that she gets a decent rest in the short term.

    Best wishes.

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  19. All he best to Mrs. Kinch. Healing blessings prayers and celestial kitten visitations from Mdme Padre and myself. M

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