Hospitalised!
Well, that came completely out of the blue. With little warning, I found myself in hospital for only the third time in my life at the tail end of September 2022. It gave me my first real impression of the Irish health service, the people working there, whilst also showing me just how quickly a seemingly normal life can change into something completely different. So, of course, I had to write about that. Hey, what did you expect? I’m still a blogger after all! Okay, so a bit of background information might be helpful here. Back in May 2022, I had a pretty bad fall on a business trip to Munich , Germany. I fell on my right leg, which I managed to twist in the process, next to a few other injuries. This kept me limping for two weeks afterwards, but seemed to heal off pretty well, at least that’s what it looked like from the outside. However, by the end of August, that leg had gotten infected, swelling up to the size of a handball and causing some pretty high fevers along the way. A course