Our family is persisting in making sure the health system is keeping busy. I had to get one of my regular blood tests today, and when we got home, we discovered our daughter, who lives next door, had been referred to the main hospital ED today by her GP for them to check out a bleeding stomach ulcer. Probably caused by taking anti-inflammatories for her endometriosis. So my wife had to drive her into town, muttering, “I’m truly sick of that place.” Good result, though. The daughter has been admitted overnight and will be seen by the gastrointestinal team tomorrow.

Also, one of our nieces fell off her bike this morning and needed the paramedics to clean up a nasty graze and bruise on her knee. She also has two chipped teeth – harder (and more expensive) to fix than a scrape and bruise! Very grateful she was wearing her helmet.