<img class="alignleft wp-image-2917 size-thumbnail" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hospice-caredec15-200x184.jpg" alt="hospice-care(dec15)" width="200" height="184" />As we approach the end of Jane's first week in the hospice I have to repeat my initial comments that the support and care she has received has been unbeatable.

Her ankles and legs have swollen which makes walking difficult - just imagine walking around in waders filled with water. Her breathing hasn't improved and although her bed has a view out to the garden it is easy to become institutionalised so today I persuaded her to come out for a trip in a wheelchair. There were tears - "and so it has come to being confined to a wheelchair" for someone who 18 months ago completed the London to Brighton cycle for charity. We wheeled down to Lincoln Cathedral and then about turned because she was getting a bit cold. Next time I must wrap the blanket around her legs so there are no gaps.