Easter with no eggs....

Sunday
Total world cases: 1817,977-------------------65,547 increase
Total fatalities:  112,604-------------------------5,347 increase
UK total: 84,279-------------------------------5,288 increase
UK Fatalities: 10,612---------------------------  737 increase

Monday
Total world cases: 1914,371------------------- 96,394 increase
Total fatalities:  119,103-------------------------6,499 increase
UK total: 88,621-------------------------------4,342 increase
UK Fatalities: 11,329--------------------------- 717  increase

Today in the news - lock down is not going to end yet - initially the government said they would review it after three weeks - and today is 3 weeks.  I think they are avoiding saying exactly how much longer it will have to go on because some people might say - hell no! I can't continue like this that long!  But I think it is going to have to be another 3 weeks or so....we have yet to reach the peak apparently.

The government are being accused of not being transparent because they said Boris Johnson was being moved to intensive care as a precaution - but now, as Boris leaves hospital he says his life was in the balance.   I said on this blog - that my sister said it was outrageous that he'd take up an intensive care bed as a precaution - but that me and Paul - thought that they were playing it down.  I don't think we can really criticise the government.  They probably would have faced some other sort of criticism if they had said how bad he was....anyway....I'm glad he is okay!

In other news - the US has had massive amount of cases and deaths - and they're are still saying we might end up the hardest hit European Country.

Helen called me and we had a really long chat - or therapy session!  She had obviously called me with the intention of giving me some kind of therapy, which I very much appreciated.  Me and Andy started the day by talking about how messed up our lives are and how bad it could get - he has a very good chance of losing his job - so we were talking how we might cope.  Andy has been my rock so far but today things had got to him - unsurprisingly!!  We both ended up very much doom and gloom - so when Helen called - we went through different worries - and the ones we could or couldn't do anything about.  How it was not good to worry about things we have no control over - plan maybe... We also spoke about being compassionate towards yourself! She explained that we are harder on ourselves than we are towards other people.  We also spoke about self care - and setting small goals each day.  I found it very helpful. I really appreciated the fact that she took the time out to call me and try and help me cope - especially when she has all her own worries and stresses (as everybody in the world does right now!) 

I had a quick chat with Dad - who told me he was eating a yogurt but when I said I'd call back he said Paul was calling him back - we chatted for a few minutes - then he said - Paul is calling - and put the phone down on me! hahaha.  This might not have been intentional - but I didn't mind either way!!

Later in the family group messenger - Helen updated us as she had spoken to a Doctor at the hospital who said

Hi everybody, I’ve spoken to a Dr today who said that dad’s dependency on oxygen reduced slightly over the weekend but he appears to have a bacterial chest infection so they have just started him on some more IV antibiotics. 
Also, dad has some underlying airways disease which is why it has been taking him longer to recover. Probably due to smoking. 

So - slightly good news and some quite worrying information.

On Helen's advice I had a nice long bath - later I was really bad an suggested we get take-out again - it wasn't great and I ended up with heart burn!