Hi BP, I've just got back from holiday and was wondering how you were. Glad to see you are now back home, I'm sure things will now improve for you. You are right about the dementia patients, I never got more than an hour's sleep all night because they were always shouting, trying to escape from the ward or falling over, it was very sad. I was on a gynea ward but whenever there is a spare bed the dementia patients are allocated to them, a sign of the times I suppose.
I didn't realise you were a fellow horse owner/rider, is your horse on full livery at the moment? I keep my boy at home but my husband has had to look after him for me. I can now manage a bit of grooming but still struggle to pick his feet out. I'm almost 12 weeks post op so I'm going to try riding soon but am very nervous about it, my boy probably thinks he's retired now!
I hope you will be back in the saddle before too long. Thinking of you.