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Then he's wheeled round the corner. I can hear his voice. Silence. THUD - like a box being dropped. Then his voice again. Whole thing barely took 5 mins.

It worked!

By 1 o'clock we're out of there, and ravenously hungry. Celebrate with a late lunch in the sunshine, beside the river.

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A scientific investigation discovered that people are happier when bad news is confirmed that they are when waiting for the results. It's the uncertainty that's corrosive.
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If this had to happen, we were lucky it happened here. It's the teaching hospital for Leuven University, and very impressive. With an international reputation, we're told.

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Fortunately there's an excellent pizza joint round the corner, to soothe the stress.


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Apparently the first thing to try is quick and simple. However the main worry is clots, so Nick has to have his blood thinned with rat poison for a month before they give it a go. And beta blockers. And one or two other things. He's starting to rattle.]]> http://rustythejunk.110mb.com/sphpblog/index.php?entry=entry090817-161916 2009-08-17T00:00:00Z 2009-08-17T00:00:00Z http://rustythejunk.110mb.com/sphpblog/index.php?entry=entry090813-160719 2009-08-13T00:00:00Z 2009-08-13T00:00:00Z
So now we have prescriptions for some heavy duty cough medicine, enough to knock Nick out so he doesn't keep coughing all night.

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Sadly that is all we saw of Venice, a short stop on the way in. By the next day we were both incapacitated with 'flu. Spent the whole week coughing in an uninspiring hotel room.

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