Once again, thank you all so, so much for all your thoughts and good wishes for Zoe.
The OH and I went to see her yesterday. She is still in intensive care, under heavy sedation, and remains stable at present.
It was very upsetting to see Zoe lying there, unresponsive while her nurse carried out checks on her monitoring equipment, but I was so grateful to have got the chance to see her. I nattered away to her about the good times we'd had (of which there are many!), in particular our weekend at Soho Pride a few years ago which we'd always agreed was one of our best weekends ever and which we always looked back on with much happiness. I don't know if she could hear me blathering away, I hope she could.
Two very dear friends arrived to see Zoe while we were there,
lisaloveslewis and
retrogirl73. I was so happy to see them. We have all been friends for many years, all brought together by Pros, and it was so good to be able to support each other at such an awful time.
After our visit we all adjourned to the pub, along with Mike. He has practically been living at the hospital for the past week, so it gave him a break for a couple of hours. He is bearing up wonderfully well, despite being obviously devastated. Needless to say we raised a glass or two of encouragement to our Zoe, and shared a few laughs as well as tears. I think it did us all good.
If kind thoughts, good wishes and love can get somebody through this then I know Zoe will pull through with flying colours. Thank you all once again.