Chapter 18Get Things in Perspective
‘So, can I just confirm that neither you nor any of your neighbours are on the phone?’
‘That's correct’ I replied.
‘OK then, but if something does go wrong during your wife's operation, if there's a life or death situation, then we’ll send a policeman round’, the nurse said, rather unreassuringly.
This was the late 1980s. A time when the media were obsessed with Princess Diana's latest outfit and mobile phones were as rare as a hot summer's day in Manchester.
My wife Helen had been rushed into hospital with appendicitis. There was a concern that her appendix might burst, something the medical staff assured me was not particularly pleasant and could be dangerous. As next of kin, I was the person they would ...
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