An Update from Tracy

Tracy and Yumi visited Jeff recently and here's their update:

Here's the latest:- Jeff is still fighting a chest infection and still in the High Dependency Unit, though he is hoping to be released soon to a more independent unit- perhaps Saturday or Sunday. - He will soon be moved to another ward, where they will continue to monitor him; he will stay in this unit until the doctors feel he is stable enough, and breathing well enough, to move him to Kirkcaldy. This may be a day or two, or perhaps up to a week.

His spirits are high however, and he says his heart feels much stronger. This is good news, indeed. But he is weak and has lost weight and has little appetite, though the doctors expect this to return when the chest infection settles down.

Yumi and I brought cookies, but he had no appetite to eat any; for Jeff this was certainly odd!

But as always, he is focusing on the positive aspects of this situation: his care has been wonderful, he says, and he has had many visitors, calls and cards which continue to buoy his spirits.

Yumi and I visited for about 45 minutes and Bob Gillies, the Rector of St Andrews, had just been there before. And though he is weak, he was chatty and keen to visit.