HOLIDAY WOES

On 30th January we took two of our grandchildren- Raquel and Dominic - camping at El Rancho in Waikanae. Great place to take kids with plenty to do! Stan was playing tennis with Raquel and all of a sudden got 'dumped' on the tennis court. He thought someone had hit him in the leg. Unfortunately we were to find out a few days later, when we visited the doctor & subsequently the hospital; that he had ruptured his Achilles Tendon. He is to be in different plasters for two months, then all going well, a built up shoe for another month. Luckily he is in no pain. Normally we would have just taken this injury in our stride (no pun intended), but the very next day we were going on two months holiday! That is now cancelled - Stan hasn't been allowed his foot on the ground (at all!) for two weeks. He had his cast changed last Monday - he now has a blue fibreglass cast on with a rubber bit on the bottom. He can walk albeit very 'lop sided'! We are so disappointed about our holiday.