I can vividly remember as a 5 or 6 year old listening to a BBC radio piece about kids who had to spend Christmas in hospital and thinking how awful that must be. Imagine no parents or brothers and sisters to wake up to and open presents with, no special breakfast, no playing together!
Fast forward fifty five years to Christmas 2008 and I'm spending it in hospital. And this was the best Christmas ever!
Anne-Marie, Kate and Steph prepared the Christmas meal at home; roast turkey breast, stuffing, roast potatoes, roasted root vegetables and brussels sprouts, with smoked salmon, rye bread and capers as a starter, and my sister's plum pudding smuggled in from the UK as dessert.
They packed it all up in 2 Coleman hampers, added a laundry basket for the presents and a tiny 200 ml bottle of champagne (among the four of us) and carted all this up to the ward in a wheel chair where we had a great picnic! Thank goodness the bed next to me was empty as it was turned into the serving buffet.
A truly memorable Christmas dinner!
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